Loss estimation for landslides in mountain areas - An integrated toolbox for vulnerability assessment and damage documentation

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-169

  Papathoma Kohle M ^a   Zischg, A ^b   Fuchs, S ^c   Glade, T ^a   Keiler, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Damage assessment; Documentation; Landslides; Loss estimation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES;

DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; LOSS ESTIMATION; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84910067778     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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