More than one landslide per road kilometer – surveying and modeling mass movements along the Rishikesh–Joshimath (NH-7) highway, Uttarakhand, India

<p>The rapidly expanding Himalayan road network connects rural mountainous regions. However, the fragility of the landscape and poor road construction practices lead to frequent mass movements alongside roads. In this study, we investigate fully or partially road-blocking landslides along Nati...

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Published in:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Main Authors: J. Mey, R. K. Guntu, A. Plakias, I. Silva de Almeida, W. Schwanghart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2024-09-01
Online Access:https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3207/2024/nhess-24-3207-2024.pdf