Landslides are known as the world's most dangerous threat in mountainous regions and
pose a critical obstacle for both economic and infrastructural progress. It is, therefore, quite …

Landslides, among all, are hazardous natural disaster events. It is caused due to the
creation of instability in the slopes of the terrain. In the past 20 to 30 years' time span it has …

Mitigation of geological hazards through science and engineering applications is one of the
most effective ways to reduce their impact on human life and local infrastructure. It involves …

Post-disaster very high resolution (VHR) satellite data are potential sources to provide
detailed information on damage and geological changes for a large area in a short time. In …

The Himalayan state of Sikkim is prone to some of the world's largest landslides, which have
caused catastrophic damage to lives, properties, and infrastructures in the region. The …

Abstract Sikkim, the North-Eastern state of India, along with its neighbouring region is
recognized as a part of the 'Alpine-Himalayan global seismic belt', which is one of the most …

The spatial distribution of landslides is analyzed to understand landslide incidences and
triggering factors along North Sikkim Road Corridor in the parts of Sikkim Himalayas. The …

Both earthquake and rainfall induced landslides are quite common in the Eastern
Himalayan state of Sikkim. Massive landslides killing tens of thousands of people with …

Landslide initiation due to earthquake is one of the most prevalent seismic hazard, which
claims hundreds of lives in the Himalayan mountainous terrains of India. Number of …

Landslide or the landmass movement is a geomorphic hill slope physical process of mass-
wasting resulting in downslope rolling of large mass of debris, regolith and soil under …