Quantitative assessment of direct and indirect landslide risk along transportation lines in southern India

A quantitative approach for landslide risk assessment along transportation lines is presented and applied to a road and a railway alignment in the Nilgiri hills in southern India. The method allows estimating direct risk affecting the alignments, vehicles and people, and indirect risk resulting from...

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Main Authors: P. Jaiswal, C. J. van. Westen, V. Jetten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-06-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/1253/2010/nhess-10-1253-2010.pdf