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Floodplain Residents' Preferences for Water Level Management Options in Flood Control Projects in Bangladesh
Rasid, Harun; Haider, Wolfgang - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 1, pp. 101-129
A maximum difference conjoint (MDC) model was part of a questionnaire toassess floodplain residents' preferences for the outcomes of water level managementinside an enclosed embankment system on the left bank of the Dhaleswari River, calledthe Compartmentalization Pilot Project (CPP)-Tangail....
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Evaluation of the environmental impacts of extreme floods in the Evros River basin using Contingent Valuation Method
Markantonis, V.; Meyer, V.; Lienhoop, N. - In: Natural Hazards 69 (2013) 3, pp. 1535-1549
The current practice of flood risk assessment focuses mainly on damages that can be easily measured in monetary terms, i.e. the so-called tangible damages on assets that have market values. However, quite often flood events are causing damages on assets that have no market values, e.g....
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Environmental impacts of sea reclamation in Jiaozhou Gulf, Shandong province of China
Baolei, Zhang - In: Natural Hazards 63 (2012) 2, pp. 1269-1272
The coastal zone, the interface between the sea and the land, has a variety of characteristics, such as resource abundance, multiple services, ecological fragility and frequent occurrence of disasters. It has been under tremendous pressure from human activities, especially increasing sea...
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Environmental impacts caused by phosphate mining and ecological restoration: a case history in Kunming, China
Yang, Yu-You; Wu, Huai-Na; Shen, Shui-Long; … - In: Natural Hazards 74 (2014) 2, pp. 755-770
This paper presents the environmental impacts caused by surface mining and the ecological rehabilitation of Haikou phosphate deposits, Kunming, China. Surface mining entails the removal of the overburden to expose bare rock surfaces, not only causing destruction of pre-existing vegetation, but...
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Soil slip susceptibility assessment using mechanical–hydrological approach and GIS techniques: an application in the Apuan Alps (Italy)
Giacomo D’Amato Avanzi; Falaschi, Francesco; … - In: Natural Hazards 50 (2009) 3, pp. 591-603
landslides. In order to evaluate the soil slip susceptibility in this area, a physically based model was applied and a GIS … the cohesion of the debris material potentially involved in landsliding). GIS techniques allowed evaluating the effects of …
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Land subsidence susceptibility mapping at Kinta Valley (Malaysia) using the evidential belief function model in GIS
Pradhan, Biswajeet; Abokharima, Mohammed; Jebur, Mustafa; … - In: Natural Hazards 73 (2014) 2, pp. 1019-1042
Land subsidence is one of the frequent geological hazards worldwide. Urban areas and agricultural industries are the entities most affected by the consequences of land subsidence. The main objective of this study was to estimate the land subsidence (sinkhole) hazards at the Kinta Valley of...
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A GIS method for landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping in the Río El Estado watershed, Pico de Orizaba volcano, México
Paulín, Gabriel Legorreta; Bursik, Marcus; Hubp, José; … - In: Natural Hazards 71 (2014) 1, pp. 229-241
information systems (GIS)-based applications have been used to represent and assess slope stability. However, there is no … practical and standardized landslide mapping methodology under a GIS. This work provides an overview of the ongoing research …-temporal landslide inventory and produce a landslide susceptibility map by using GIS. The Río El Estado watershed on the southwestern …
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Identification of the affected areas by mass movement through a physically based model of landslide hazard combined with an empirical model of debris flow
Gomes, Roberto; Guimarães, Renato; Carvalho, Osmar; … - In: Natural Hazards 45 (2008) 2, pp. 197-209
In tropical areas, mass movements are common phenomena, especially during periods of heavy rainfall, which frequently take place in the summer season. These phenomena have caused loss of life and serious damage to infrastructure and properties. The most prominent of these phenomena are...
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Landslide susceptibility deterministic approach using geographic information systems: application to Breaza town, Romania
Armaş, Iuliana; Vartolomei, Florin; Stroia, Florica; … - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 2, pp. 995-1017
quantitative susceptibility maps by joining the one-dimension infinite slope stability model with a raster-based GIS (ILWIS) and … predicted results with actual results using field measurements. The model is very suitable for use in raster GIS because it can …
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Estimation of soil erosion using RUSLE in Caijiamiao watershed, China
Pan, Jinghu; Wen, Yan - In: Natural Hazards 71 (2014) 3, pp. 2187-2205
through a geographic information system (GIS)-based approach. The soil erosion parameters were evaluated in different ways … practice P factor was from terraces that exist on slopes where crops are grown. By integrating the six-factor maps in GIS … decision maker and planners to take appropriate land management measures in the area. It thus indicates the RUSLE–GIS model is …
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