Modelling of stream run-off and sediment output for erosion hazard assessment in Lesser Himalaya: Need for sustainable land use plan using remote sensing and GIS: A case study

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1277-1297

  Rawat, Pradeep K ^a   Tiwari, P C ^a   Pant, C C ^a   Sharama, A K ^a   Pant, P D ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Erosion; High run off; Himalaya; India; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROSION RATE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; LAND USE PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; STREAMFLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HIMALAYAS; KOSI RIVER; LESSER HIMALAYAS;

EID: 80255123493     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9833-5     Document Type: Article

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