Severe wet spells and vulnerability of urban slopes: Case of Singapore

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Chatterjea, Kalyani ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antecedent rainfall; Landslides; Slope failures; Urban slope failures; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; THRESHOLD; VULNERABILITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79251600404     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9362-7     Document Type: Article

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