Landslide hazard and risk assessment

F Guzzetti - 2006 - bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de
Landslides play an important role in the evolution of landforms and represent a serious
hazard in many areas of the World. In places, fatalities and economic damage caused by …

A comparison of Landsat 8 (OLI) and Landsat 7 (ETM+) in mapping geology and visualising lineaments: A case study of central region Kenya

MW Mwaniki, MS Moeller… - … Archives of the …, 2015 - isprs-archives.copernicus.org
Availability of multispectral remote sensing data cheaply and its higher spectral resolution
compared to remote sensing data with higher spatial resolution has proved valuable for …

Topographic influence on landslides characteristics and implication for risk management in upper Manafwa catchment, Mt Elgon Uganda

BR Nakileza, S Nedala - Geoenvironmental Disasters, 2020 - Springer
This study aimed to characterize the topographic effect on landslides attributes and explore
the implications on risk management in a tropical mountainous environment. A database …

Historical climate‐human‐ecosystem interaction in East Africa: a review

V Gelorini, D Verschuren - African Journal of Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The palaeoecological visibility of historical human impact on natural ecosystems in tropical
E ast A frica is strongly impeded by an overriding dominant signature of climate change at …

Landslide susceptibility zonation mapping using GIS-based frequency ratio model with multi-class spatial data-sets in the Adwa-Adigrat mountain chains, northern …

G Berhane, M Kebede, N Alfarah, E Hagos… - Journal of African Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Different organizations reported that natural hazards related disasters killed hundreds of
people and damaged infrastructures estimated millions of dollars every year worldwide. The …

Spatial patterns, causes and consequences of landslides in the Gilgel Gibe catchment, SW Ethiopia

N Broothaerts, E Kissi, J Poesen, A Van Rompaey… - Catena, 2012 - Elsevier
The Gilgel Gibe catchment in SW Ethiopia is one of the areas in East Africa affected by
landslides. To better understand the patterns and the causal factors of these landslides, all …

The direct impact of landslides on household income in tropical regions: A case study from the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda

K Mertens, L Jacobs, J Maes, C Kabaseke… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Landslides affect millions of people worldwide, but theoretical and empirical studies on the
impact of landslides remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study proposes …

Slope instabilities in steep cultivation systems: Process classification and opportunities from remote sensing

P Tarolli, A Pijl, S Cucchiaro… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cultivation of steep slopes is a widespread practice in hilly and mountainous areas
around the world. Such environments often result in particular agricultural systems linked …

Application of remote sensing technologies to map the structural geology of central Region of Kenya

MW Mwaniki, MS Matthias… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advancements of digital image processes (DIP) and availability of multispectral and
hyperspectral remote sensing data have greatly benefited mineral investigation, structure …

Landslide scar/soil erodibility mapping using Landsat TM/ETM+ bands 7 and 3 Normalised Difference Index: A case study of central region of Kenya

MW Mwaniki, NO Agutu, JG Mbaka, TG Ngigi… - Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Landsat series multispectral remote sensing imagery has gained increasing attention in
providing solutions to environmental problems such as land degradation which exacerbate …