Landslides qualitative hazard and risk assessment method and its reliability

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-165

  Ko Ko, C ^a   Flentje, P ^b   Chowdbury, R ^b  

^a Chit Enginering and Mining Geoserv   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Influencing factors; Landslide hazard; Observational approach; Qualitative and quantitative methods; Risk assessment; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL TESTING;

ROCK SLOPE; SIDE FILLS;

LANDSLIDES;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 3242769924     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-004-0231-z     Document Type: Article

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