Application of GIS-based fuzzy logic and rock engineering system (RES) approaches for landslide susceptibility mapping in Selelkula area of the Lower Jema River Gorge, Central Ethiopia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3395-3416

  Meten, Matebie ^a   Bhandary, Netra Prakash ^a   Yatabe, Ryuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Fuzzy logic; GIS; Interaction matrix; Landslide susceptibility; Rock engineering system

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; ROCKS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

ETHIOPIA; INTERACTION MATRICES; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; ROCK ENGINEERING SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

FUZZY LOGIC;

DATA SET; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FIELD SURVEY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MATRIX; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MECHANICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84937975919     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4377-8     Document Type: Article

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