Abe Barek landslide and landslide susceptibility assessment in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

Landslides

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 597-609

  Zhang, Jianqiang ^a,b   Gurung, Deo Raj ^b   Liu, Rongkun ^b   Murthy, Manchiraju Sri Ramachandra ^b   Su, Fenghuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Landslide; Landslide susceptibility assessment; Weight of evidence approach

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

AFGHANISTAN; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; HYDROPOWER STATIONS; LANDSLIDE DISTRIBUTIONS; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENTS; SEASONAL CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE APPROACH; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCES;

LANDSLIDES;

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND COVER; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL DISASTER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFGHANISTAN; BADAKHSHAN;

EID: 84930085270     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-015-0558-5     Document Type: Review

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