August, 1998 landslide tragedies of central Himalayas (India)
Learning from experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19267155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Piyoosh Rautela (0000-0001-7280-4655, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology), Sudip Kumar Paul (0009-0000-3131-0042, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 343-355 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7233 • E-ISSN: 1026-7476 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207230108711336 |
| OpenAlex | W1971098693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
During the monsoons of 1998 Central Himalaya was struck hard by landslides. Major incidences took place in Kali, Kaliganga and Madhyamaheshwar river valleys and the death toll in these crossed three hundred. Fieldwork undertaken in these valleys has brought forth interrelationship between various geomorphic parameters and the landslides. At the same time, it was observed that under compulsions of increasing population and fragmenting social set‐up, traditional resource management strategy is often bypassed aggravating the problem. Based on these experiences and laboratory based GIS and remote sensing analysis of the parameters affecting landslides an anthropocentric approach for mitigating disasters in the region is proposed
Death toll · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Geomorphology · Landslide · Meteorology · Monsoon · Physical geography · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Environmental Science · Geology · Landslides and related hazards
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2006 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |