Assessing landslide susceptibility by incorporating the surface cover index as a measurement of vegetative cover

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-227

  Miller, A J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Landslides; Remote sensing; Surface cover index; Vegetation influenced landslide index

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LANDSLIDE DYNAMICS; LANDSLIDE INVENTORIES; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SURFACE COVER;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PIXEL; RASTER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE STABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION COVER;

COSTA RICA; DOMINICAL; PUNTARENAS;

EID: 84878955213     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1115     Document Type: Article

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