Assessment of snowmelt triggered landslide hazard and risk in Japan

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 120-129

  Kawagoe, Saeki ^a   Kazama, So ^a   Ranjan Sarukkalige, Priyantha ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hazard maps; Landslide; Probabilistic model; Risk management; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GRID CELLS; HAZARD MAPS; HIGH-RISK AREAS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; JAPAN SEA; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOW-MELTING; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN SIDE;

HAZARDS; HEAVY WATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

LANDSLIDES;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 67650140660     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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