Spatial Landslide Risk Assessment at Phuentsholing, Bhutan

Landslide risk assessment and management: an overview

Landslides can result in enormous casualties and huge economic losses in mountainous regions. In order to mitigate landslide hazard effectively, new methodologies are required to develop a better understanding of landslide hazard and to make rational decisions on the allocation of funds for management of landslide risk. Recent advances in risk analysis and risk assessment are beginning to provi...

Comprehensive landslide risk management monitoring

Background and objective: Although the risk management and crisis management issues were discussed during recent years in scientific meetings, but still there is no proper planning to deal with natural disasters. The lack of systematic attitude to landslide phenomenon and also loss of predetermined plans for responsibility of the trusted organizations and lack of coordination between these orga...

A New Method for Spatial Health Risk Assessment of Pollutants

Background: The area of contaminated lands exposed to the health risk of environmental pollutants is a matter of argument. In this study, a new method was developed to estimate the amount of area that is exposed to higher than normal levels of Cr, Mn, and V. Methods: Overall, 170 soil samples were collected from the upper 10 cm of soil in an arid area in central part of Iran in Semnan Provin...

Landslide Risk Assessment for Baba Heydar Watershed, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran

Landslides are among the most damaging natural hazards in mountainous regions. In this study, landslide hazard zonation was conducted in the Baba Heydar Watershed using logistic statistical regression to determine landslide hazard areas. First, a landslide inventory map was prepared using aerial photograph interpretation and field surveys. Next, ten landslide conditioning factors including alti...

Assessment of landslide susceptibility, semi-quantitative risk and management in the Ilam dam basin, Ilam, Iran