Landslide occurrence and its relation with terrain factors in the Siwalik Hills, Nepal: Case study of susceptibility assessment in three basins

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 299-320

  Ghimire, Motilal ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ factors; Landslide; Landslide susceptibility; Siwalik Hills

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GIS; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE FAILURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN;

NEPAL; SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 79251598197     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9569-7     Document Type: Article

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