Producing landslide-susceptibility maps for regional planning in data-scarce regions

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 729-749

  de Graff, Jerome V ^a   Romesburg, H Charles ^b   Ahmad, Rafi ^c   McCalpin, James P ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d GEO HAZ Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Landslide susceptibility; Mapping; Matrix assessment; Regional planning; Validation

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MATRIX; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING;

DOMINICA; JAMAICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 84866051360     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0267-5     Document Type: Article

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