Regional-scale landslide activity and landslide susceptibility zonation in the Nepal Himalaya

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5145-5164

  Dahal, Ranjan Kumar ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blind landslide inventory; Event based landslide; Geo disasters; Landslide activity; Susceptibility zonation maps; The Nepal Himalaya; Validation of susceptibility maps

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; MAPPING; RAIN;

EVENT-BASED; GEO-DISASTERS; HIMALAYAS; LANDSLIDE INVENTORIES; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPS;

LANDSLIDES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSTRUCTION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; INVENTORY; LANDSLIDE; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84901621906     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2917-7     Document Type: Article

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