Landslide susceptibility zonation study using remote sensing and GIS technology in the Ken-Betwa River Link area, India

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 595-606

  Avtar, Ram ^a,b   Singh, C K ^b   Singh, Gulab ^c   Verma, R L ^d   Mukherjee, S ^b   Sawada, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

GIS; Ken Betwa River Link; Landslide susceptibility zonation (LSZ); NDVI

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DIGITAL ELEVATION; KEN-BETWA RIVER LINK; LAND USE PLANNING; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY ZONATION (LSZ); NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NUMERICAL RATING; RAINFALL DATA; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RIVER BASINS; SATELLITE DATA; SLOPE MANAGEMENT; SOIL TYPES; THEMATIC LAYERS; THEMATIC MAPS; THIN SECTION;

GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; MAPS; PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING;

RIVERS;

CANAL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSLIDE; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; THEMATIC MAPPING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ZONATION;

BETWA RIVER; INDIA; KEN RIVER;

EID: 80255122784     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-011-0368-5     Document Type: Article

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