GIS-based debris flow source and runout susceptibility assessment from DEM data – a case study in NW Nicaragua

In October 1998, Hurricane Mitch triggered numerous landslides (mainly debris flows) in Honduras and Nicaragua, resulting in a high death toll and in considerable damage to property. The potential application of relatively simple and affordable spatial prediction models for landslide hazard mapping...

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Main Authors: J. M. Vilaplana, I. Vilajosana, M. Guinau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-11-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/7/703/2007/nhess-7-703-2007.pdf