Article Information  
GIS-Based Terrain Analysis of Balakot Region after Occurred Landslide Disaster in October 2005

Keywords: Landslide Susceptibility, Terrain Analysis, SRTM Data, Supplementary Models, GIS, Remote Sensing.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 4

Abdul  Salam  Soomro , Abdul  Qadeer Khan Rajput , Ismail  Rakip  Karas ,

References
1. Soomro, A.S., Rajput, A.Q.K., and Solangi, S.H., "GIS-Based Fast Moving Landslide Risk Analysis Model Using Qualitative Approach: A Case Study of Balakot, Pakistan", Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology, Volume 30, No. 2, Jamshoro, Pakistan, April, 2011.
2. Soomro, A.S., "Landslide Risk Analysis Modeling Using Digital Image Processing and Geographical Information Systems Techniques in Balakot, Pakistan”, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan, 2011
3. Fell, R., Jordi, C., Christophe, B., Leonardo, C.,Eric, L., and Savage, W.Z., "Guidelines for Landslide Susceptibility, Hazard and Risk Zoning for Land-Use Planning", Engineering Geology, Volume 102, pp. 99-111, 2008.
4. Van, W.C.J., Van, A.T.W.J., and Soeters, R., "Landslide Hazard and Risk Zonation-Why is it Still so Difficult?", Journal Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Volume 65, No .2, pp. 167-184, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.
5. Khattak, G.A., Owen, L.A., Kamp, U., and Harp, E.L., “Evolution of Earthquake-Triggered Landslides in the Kashmir Himalaya, Northern Pakistan", Geomorphology, Volume 115, pp. 102-108, Elsevier Publishers, Germany, 2010.
6. Geertsema, M., Clague, J.J., Schwab, J.W., and Evans, S.G., "An Overview of Recent Large Catastrophic Landslides in Northern British Columbia, Canada", Engineering Geology, Volume 83, pp. 120-143, 2006.
7. Acharya, G., De Smedt, F., and Long, N.T., "Assessing Landslide Hazard in GIS: A Case Study from Rasuwa, Nepal”, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Volume 65, pp. 99-107, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.
8. Dai, F.C., and Lee, C.F., “Landslide Characteristics and Slope Instability Modeling Using IS, Lantau Island, Hong Kong”, Geomorphology, Volume 42, pp. 213-228, Elsevier Publishers, Germany, 2002.
9. Aleotti, P., and Chowdhury, R., "Landslide Hazard Assessment: Summary Review and New Perspectives", Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Volume 58, pp. 21-44, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 1999.
10. Zomer, R., Ustin, S., and Ives, J., "Using Satellite Remote Sensing for DEM Extraction in Complex Mountainous Terrain: Landscape Analysis of the Makalu Barun National Park of Eastern Nepal”, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 23, No. 1, pp. 125-143, 2002.
11. Kamp, U., Growley, B.J., Khattak, G.A., and Owen, L.A., “GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping for the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake Region”, Geomorphology, Volume 101, pp. 631-642, Elsevier Publishers, Germany, 2008.
12. Kumar, D.R., Shuichi, H., Atsuko, N.,Minoru, Y., Takuro, M., and Katsuhiro, N., “GIS-Based Weights-of-Evidence Modeling of Rainfall-Induced Landslides in Small Catchments for Landslide”, Journal Environmental Geology, Volume 54, No. 2, pp. 311-324, 2008.
13. Zaré, M., Karimi-Paridari, S., and Mona, L., “An Investigation on Balakot, Muzaffarabad (Pakistan) Earthquake, 8 October 2005, Mw 7.6; Geological Aspects and Intensity Distribution", Journal of Seismol, Volume 13, pp. 327-337, Springer Publishers, Germany, 2009.
14. Global Land Cover Facility, Earth Science Data Interface, WRS II, (Path 150, Row 36), website:http://glcfapp.glcf.umd.edu:8080/esdi/index.jsp