A brief survey of GIS in mass-movement studies, with reflections on theory and methods

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 261-267

  Alexander, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems; Inductive and deductive reasoning; Landslides; Mass movements; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITIZATION; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; SLOPE STABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 38149066010     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.09.022     Document Type: Article

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