Landsliding in the likhu khola drainage basin, middle hills of Nepal

Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 240-255

  Gerrard, John ^a   Gardner, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Town Planning Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Land use; Landsliding; Nepal

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033360835     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1999.10642678     Document Type: Article

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