Generation of a landslide risk index map for Cuba using spatial multi-criteria evaluation

Landslides

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-325

  Abella, E A Castellanos ^a   Van Westen, C J ^b  

^a Instituto de Geología y Palentología IGP   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cuba; Hazard; Indicators; Landslide risk index; Spatial multi criteria evaluation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849034498     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-007-0087-y     Document Type: Article

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