Title of Document: IDENTIFYING LANDSLIDE HAZARDS IN A TROPICAL MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT, USING GEOMORPHOLOGIC AND PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES José Gregorio Roa-Lobo PhD, 2007 Directed By: Prof. Michael Kearney, Department of Geography The objective of this study is the performance, assessing, comparison and validation of a set of three landslide hazard maps: The geomorphological, the multicriteria eva...

Abstract The objective of the present study is to evaluate relation between spatial and temporal dynamics Land Use Cover (LULC) hydro-geomorphological processes their impacts. area city Leiria, in central Portugal, within period 1958–2018 based on historical record floods landslides disasters. LULC analysis shows an accentuated increase artificial areas a continuous decrease agricultural areas....

About 80 percent of Iran is arid and semi-arid and about 35 percent of this area is susceptible to desertification hazard. Therefore desertification assessment and identification of the most important criteria for the assessment of risk and a basis for development of management plans is essential. This research was conducted in the semi-arid region of Agh-Band in the Golestan province, Iran wit...