GIS Landslide

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yamagishi, Hiromitsu (Editor), Bhandary, Netra Prakash (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Geography.; Natural disasters.; Environmental sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

This book presents landslide studies using the geographic information system (GIS), which includes not only the science of GIS and remote sensing, but also technical innovations, such as detailed light detection and ranging profiles, among others. To date most of the research on landslides has been...

Table of Contents:

• Scope and review [established research]
• Introduction to GIS
• Introduction to remote sensing
• Measuring and visulalization of deep-seated landslide using GIS
• Relation to topography
• Relation to geology and geologic structures
• Analyses of deep-seated landslides and hazard mapping using GIS
• Measuring and visualization of shallow landslide induced by heavy rainfalls using GIS
• Measuring and visualization of precipitation using GIS
• Measuring and visualization of shallow landslide induced by earthquakes using GIS
• Measuring and GIS analyses of drainage system and flood
• Measuring and visualization of glaciers using GIS
• Photographs and remote sensing analyses
• Related extensional analyses
• Scientific problems
• Technical problems
• Programming
• For the future.