Assessment of vegetation recovery and soil erosion at landslides caused by a catastrophic earthquake: A case study in Central Taiwan

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-89

  Lin, Wen Tzu ^a   Lin, Chao Yuan ^b   Chou, Wen Chieh ^c  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Landslide change analysis; Soil loss; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOILS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEGETATION;

LANDSLIDE CHANGE ANALYSIS; SOIL LOSS; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

LANDSLIDES;

EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; SOILS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEGETATION;

EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; NDVI; REVEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JOU-JOU MOUNTAIN; TAIWAN; WU-CHI BASIN;

EID: 33750364318     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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