Shallow landslides susceptibility assessment in different environments

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 748-771

  Persichillo, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Bordoni, Massimiliano ^a   Meisina, Claudia ^a   Bartelletti, Carlotta ^b   Barsanti, Michele ^b   Giannecchini, Roberto ^b   D'Amato Avanzi, Giacomo ^b   Galanti, Yuri ^b   Cevasco, Andrea ^c   Brandolini, Pierluigi ^c   Galve, Jorge Pedro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cross validation and bootstrap techniques; Eastern Liguria; generalized additive models; Shallow landslide susceptibility; Southern Lombardy

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOOTSTRAP TECHNIQUE; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; LIGURIA; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SOUTHERN LOMBARDY;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 85006165453     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2016.1265011     Document Type: Article

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