Landslide susceptibility assessment in Limbe (SW Cameroon): A field calibrated seed cell and information value method

Catena

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-98

  Che, V B ^a,b   Kervyn, M ^b,c   Suh, C E ^a   Fontijn, K ^b,e   Ernst, G G J ^b   Del Marmol, M A ^b   Trefois, P ^d   Jacobs, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Information value method; Landslide; Limbe; Statistical model; Susceptibility assessment

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; FIELDWORK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RASTER; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL TYPE; TERRAIN; URBAN PLANNING; VALUATION; VULNERABILITY;

CAMEROON; LIMBE; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

EID: 84855168591     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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