Shallow landslide susceptibility mapping using stereo air photos and thematic maps

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-118

  Blesius, Leonhard ^a   Weirich, Frank ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Landslide susceptibility; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DEGREE OF STABILITY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXPERT JUDGMENT; GIS; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INTERVAL SCALE; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MASS WASTING; ORTHOIMAGES; OVERLAY MODEL; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RATIO SCALE; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALLOW SLIDE; SLOPE ANGLES; STEREO PAIR; THEMATIC MAPS;

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LANDSLIDES; MAPS; REMOTE SENSING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; STEREO IMAGE; THEMATIC MAPPING;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954270232     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304010791232217     Document Type: Article

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