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Impacts from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: analysing the potential protecting role of environmental features
Chatenoux, B.; Peduzzi, P. - In: Natural Hazards 40 (2007) 2, pp. 289-304
The tsunami that deeply impacted the North Indian Ocean shores on 26 December 2004, called for urgent rehabilitation of coastal infrastructures to restore the livelihood of local populations. A spatial and statistical analysis was performed to identify what geomorphological and biological...
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The socioeconomic and environmental effects of the 2003 landslides in the Rumphi and Ntcheu Districts (Malawi)
Msilimba, G. - In: Natural Hazards 53 (2010) 2, pp. 347-360
environmental effects. Limited or no research is being carried out in this area except for technical reports commissioned by the … government. Landsliding does not appear on the ten environmental concerns affecting the nation. This paper attempts to examine … the socio-economic and environmental effects of landslides that struck parts of Ntcheu district of central Malawi and …
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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
Soil erosion is a serious environmental and production problem in China. In particular, natural conditions and human … environmental impacts, there is an increasing demand for sound, and readily applicable techniques for soil conservation planning in … through a geographic information system (GIS)-based approach. The soil erosion parameters were evaluated in different ways …
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Evaluation of liquefaction potential hazard of Chennai city, India: using geological and geomorphological characteristics
Ganapathy, Ganapathy; Rajawat, Ajay - In: Natural Hazards 64 (2012) 2, pp. 1717-1729
geomorphological characteristics. The subsurface lithology and geomorphological maps were combined in the GIS platform for assessing …
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Weights of evidence method for landslide susceptibility mapping. Prahova Subcarpathians, Romania
Armaş, Iuliana - In: Natural Hazards 60 (2012) 3, pp. 937-950
The goal of this paper is to assess the landslide susceptibility of a hilly area in the Subcarpathian sector of the Prahova Valley, using the weight of evidence statistical method. This method aims to reduce the multitude of landslide-related conditions to a pattern of a few discrete predictive...
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