Landslide causes: Human impacts on a Himalayan landslide swarm

Geographers are commonly called upon to diagnose the causes of natural disasters and provide guidance for policy makers. This case study concerns one of the landslide and flood disasters that afflicted the Himalaya in the later Monsoon of 2010, the Almora District (Uttarakhand), landslide swarm, whi...

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Published in:	Belgeo
Main Authors:	Martin Haigh, Jiwan Singh Rawat
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2011-12-01
Subjects:	landslides Himalaya Uttarakhand disaster mitigation applied physical geography highway engineering in mountains
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/6311

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