Landslide hazard zonation in high risk areas of Rethymno Prefecture, Crete Island, Greece

Natural Hazards

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-621

  Kouli, Maria ^a   Loupasakis, Constantinos ^b   Soupios, Pantelis ^a   Vallianatos, Filippos ^a  

^a Institute of Natural Resources and Natural Hazards   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crete Island; GIS; Landslide hazard zonation; Rethymnon area; Satellite images

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GROUND CONDITIONS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IKONOS; LANDSLIDE; MAP; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL HAZARD; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 77649232226     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9403-2     Document Type: Article

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