[图书][B] The Hindu Kush Himalaya assessment: mountains, climate change, sustainability and people

P Wester, A Mishra, A Mukherji, AB Shrestha - 2019 - library.oapen.org
This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush
Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic …

Landslide detection in the Himalayas using machine learning algorithms and U-Net

SR Meena, LP Soares, CH Grohmann, C Van Westen… - Landslides, 2022 - Springer
Event-based landslide inventories are essential sources to broaden our understanding of
the causal relationship between triggering events and the occurring landslides. Moreover …

Application of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for landslide susceptibility mapping: A case study from the Tinau watershed, west Nepal

P Kayastha, MR Dhital, F De Smedt - Computers & Geosciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Landslide problems are abundant in the mountainous areas of Nepal due to a unique
combination of adverse geological conditions, abundant rainfall and anthropogenic factors …

Representative rainfall thresholds for landslides in the Nepal Himalaya

RK Dahal, S Hasegawa - Geomorphology, 2008 - Elsevier
Measuring some 2400 km in length, the Himalaya accommodate millions of people in
northern India and Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of other Asian nations. Every year …

Landslide susceptibility maps comparing frequency ratio and artificial neural networks: a case study from the Nepal Himalaya

CP Poudyal, C Chang, HJ Oh, S Lee - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2010 - Springer
This study considers landslide susceptibility mapping by means of frequency ratio and
artificial neural network approaches using geographic information system (GIS) techniques …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation of the combined effect of rainfall and road cut on landsliding

S Pradhan, DG Toll, NJ Rosser, MJ Brain - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
The reduction of soil suction and consequent loss of shear strength due to infiltration is
known to trigger shallow landslides during periods of concentrated rainfall. In the …

Landslide susceptibility mapping using the weight of evidence method in the Tinau watershed, Nepal

P Kayastha, MR Dhital, F De Smedt - Natural hazards, 2012 - Springer
Mountainous areas in Nepal are prone to landslides, resulting in an enormous loss of life
and property every year. As a first step towards mitigating or controlling such problems, it is …

Relative effect method of landslide susceptibility zonation in weathered granite soil: a case study in Deokjeok-ri Creek, South Korea

AMS Pradhan, YT Kim - Natural hazards, 2014 - Springer
The objective of this study was to produce and evaluate a landslide susceptibility map for
weathered granite soils in Deokjeok-ri Creek, South Korea. The relative effect (RE) method …

Landslides triggered by the Gorkha earthquake in the Langtang valley, volumes and initiation processes

P Lacroix - Earth, Planets and Space, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Gorkha earthquake (Nepal, 2015, M w 7.9) triggered many landslides. The
most catastrophic mass movement was a debris avalanche that buried several villages in …

Disaster risk reduction and building resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

RA Vaidya, MS Shrestha, N Nasab, DR Gurung… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH)—covering more than four million square
kilometres from Afghanistan to Myanmar—is one of the world's most ecologically diverse …