Quantitative estimation of landslide risk from rapid debris slides on natural slopes in the Nilgiri hills, India

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1723-1743

  Jaiswal, P ^a,b   Van Westen, C J ^b   Jetten, V ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSLIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE FAILURE; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; NILGIRI HILLS; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 79959757815     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1723-2011     Document Type: Article

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