Landslides in a densely populated county at the footslopes of Mount Elgon (Uganda): Characteristics and causal factors

Geomorphology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 149-165

  Knapen, Anke ^a,c   Kitutu, M G ^a   Poesen, J ^a   Breugelmans, W ^d   Deckers, J ^a   Muwanga, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Causal factors; East Africa; Human interference; Landslides; Mount Elgon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 29644434207     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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