A pragmatic approach to debris flow hazard mapping in areas affected by Hurricane Mitch: Example from NW Nicaragua

Engineering Geology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 57-72

  Pallàs, Raimon ^a   Vilaplana, Joan Manuel ^a   Guinau, Marta ^a   Falgàs, Ester ^a   Alemany, Xavier ^a   Munoz, Angélica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Developing countries; Landslide hazard mapping; Landslide mapping; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HURRICANES; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RAIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD MAPPING;

GEOLOGY;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 1342331054     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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