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Droughts have severe economic, environmental and social impacts. Timely determination of the current level of drought may aid the decision making proc...
Submarine landslides can generate local tsunamis with high run-ups, posing a hazard to human lives and coastal facilities. Both ancient (giant Storegg...
The main objective of this study is to assess regional landslide hazards in the Hoa Binh province of Vietnam. A landslide inventory map was constructe...
Background A large earthquake struck Padang Province, West Sumatra, Indonesia, at 17:16 on September 30, 2009. The earthquake had a moment magnitude ...
This paper discusses distribution, nature, behaviour, strength and properties of Bouldery Clay in Singapore. The Bouldery Clay in this location is a s...
A number of examples are presented to substantiate that submarine landslides have occurred along most continental margins and along several volcano fl...

Landslide Early Warning System for Rural Community as an Application of Sensor Asia

Kiyoshi, H.Shrestha, A.Chinnachodteeranun, R.Hung, N. D.Shimamura, H.Fathani, T. F.Karnawati, D.Sassa, K.
An early warning system for landslides was developed and deployed in Banjarnegara Region of Indonesia as a part of Asian Joint Research Project and Se...
The aim of this study is to evaluate the hazard of landslides at Penang, Malaysia, using a Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing. L...
Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses were used to predict the spatial distribution of landslides in the Cuyahoga River watershed, northeast...
In this paper, an attempt has been made to assess, prognosis and observe dynamism of soil erosion by universal soil loss equation (USLE) method at Pen...
This paper presents the results of the neuro-fuzzy model using remote-sensing data and geographic information system for landslide susceptibility anal...
The main objective of this study is to produce a landslide susceptibility map for the Lao Cai area (Vietnam) using a new hybrid intelligent method bas...
This case study presented herein compares the GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping methods such as conditional probability (CP), logistic regres...
Shifting cultivation is the big problem in Laos which links with poverty eradication. Therefore, the appplication of remote sensing and GIS technology...
This paper investigates the relationship between regional and national identities in the age of globalisation, with particular reference to the Associ...

World drought frequency, duration, and severity for 1951–2010

Spinoni, J.Naumann, G.Carrao, H.Barbosa, P.Vogt, J.
In the context of climate change characterized by rising temperature and more extreme precipitation regimes, drought is one of the most relevant natur...
For landslide susceptibility mapping, this study applied, verified and compared a probability model, a frequency ratio and statistical model, a logist...
A systematic inventory of landslide events over the globe is valuable for estimating human and economic losses, quantifying the relationship between l...
The apparent cohesion due to soil suction plays an important role in maintaining the stability of steep unsaturated soil slopes with deep ground water...
In February 2006, a disastrous rockslide-debris avalanche occurred in tropical mountain terrain, on Leyte Island, Central Philippines. Over 1100 peopl...