Remote sensing and GIS technologies as tools to support sustainable management of areas devastated by landslides

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-229

  De La Ville, Noemi ^a   Diaz, Alejandro Chumaceiro ^a   Ramirez, Denisse ^a  

^a CA (SIGIS)   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Debris flows; GIS; IKONOS imagery; Landslides; Natural disasters; Remote sensing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GIS; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL DISASTER; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0036417853     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020835932757     Document Type: Article

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