Procedure for the selection of runout model parameters from landslide back-analyses: Application to the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, El Salvador

Landslides

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-116

  Cepeda, José ^a,b   Chávez, José Alexander ^c   Martínez, Celina Cruz ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d Oficina de Planificación del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador OPAMSS   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

El Salvador; Hazard mapping; Land use management; Landslide; Runout model; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; EL SALVADOR; FORWARD PREDICTION; HAZARD MAPPING; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; LAND-USE PLAN; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS;

DEBRIS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; URBAN PLANNING; VOLCANOES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BACK ANALYSIS; DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE LOCATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSLIDE; METROPOLITAN AREA; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; URBAN PLANNING; VOLCANO;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN SALVADOR [EL SALVADOR];

EID: 77953081746     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0197-9     Document Type: Article

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