Rural earthen roads impact assessment in Phewa watershed, Western region, Nepal

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Leibundgut, Geoffroy ^a   Sudmeier Rieux, Karen ^a   Devkota, Sanjaya ^b   Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a   Derron, Marc Henri ^a   Penna, Ivanna ^c   Nguyen, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

Author keywords

Erosion; Nepal; Rural earthen roads; Sedimentation; Shallow landslides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057717443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21978670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40677-016-0047-8     Document Type: Article

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