The application of GIS-based bivariate statistical methods for landslide hazards assessment in the upper Tons river valley, Western Himalaya, India

Georisk

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-161

  Raman, Radha ^a   Punia, Milap ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; hazard; Himalaya; landslide susceptibility; remote sensing; statistical approach

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEMATIC MAPPING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; TONS RIVER;

EID: 84864650673     PISSN: 17499518     EISSN: 17499526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17499518.2011.637504     Document Type: Article

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