GIS-based frequency ratio and index of entropy models for landslide susceptibility assessment in the Caspian forest, northern Iran

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 909-926

  Jaafari, A ^a   Najafi, A ^a   Pourghasemi, H R ^a   Rezaeian, J ^b   Sattarian, A ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^c GONBAD KAVOUS UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forest road construction; Mountainous terrain; Slope stability; Susceptibility modeling

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RAIN; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE STABILITY;

LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENTS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; TIMBER HARVESTING OPERATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

ENTROPY; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NDVI; PLANT COMMUNITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE STABILITY; TERRAIN;

EARTH MOVEMENT; ENTROPY; GIS; LOGGING; RAIN;

IRAN;

EID: 84897555265     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0464-0     Document Type: Article

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