Landslide resilience in Equatorial Africa: Moving beyond problem identification!

BELGEO

Volumn , Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kervyn, Matthieu ^a   Jacobs, Liesbet ^a,b   Maes, Jan ^a,c   Che, Vivian Bih ^d   De Hontheim, Astrid ^e   Dewitte, Olivier ^b   Isabirye, Moses ^f   Sekajugo, John ^f   Kabaseke, Clovis ^g   Poesen, Jean ^c   Vranken, Liesbet ^c   Mertens, Kewan ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Department of Geology   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Landslide; Resilience; Risk reduction; Stakeholders; Workshops

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

BAMENDA; CAMEROON; LIMBE; MOUNT ELGON; NORTH WEST REGION; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; SOUTH WEST REGION; UGANDA;

EID: 85088060701     PISSN: 13772368     EISSN: 22949135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/belgeo.15944     Document Type: Review

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