An analytic multicriteria hierarchical approach to assess landslide vulnerability. Case study: Cornu village, Subcarpathian Prahova Valley/Romania

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-229

  Armaş, Iuliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Landslide susceptibility index; Landslides susceptibility; Subcarpathians; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

PRAHOVA; ROMANIA;

EID: 79959691344     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2011/0055-0040     Document Type: Article

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