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Acceptance of BANCS model for predicting stream bank erosion potential and rate in the left bank of Ganga river of Diara region in Malda district, North East India
River bank erosion is a hazardous problem of Malda district. Different parts of Malda are mainly eroded by hydraulic action of River Ganga. Bank assessment for non-point source consequences of sediment model i...
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Identification of suitable human habitation sites through the river bank stability analysis on Ganga–Pagla interfluves area of West Bengal, India
One of the important geo-hazards associated with a river is bank erosion. In recent years the district of Malda has been facing ravages of this hazard by the continuous left bank erosion by the river Ganga. Al...
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Landslide susceptibility map** of Darjeeling Himalaya, India using index of entropy (IOE) model
The assessment of landslide susceptibility is closely associated with the spatial distribution of previous landslides and landslide causative factors. In the present study, index of entropy (IOE) model was app...
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Assessing channel migration dynamics and vulnerability (1977–2018) of the Torsa River in the Duars and Tal region of eastern Himalayan foothills, West Bengal, India
Channel migration is perhaps the most rampant quasi-natural hazard that is commonly experienced in the eastern Himalayan foothills of Duars and Tal region, India. The present study is dealt with the Torsa Rive...
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Factor’s Clustering and Identification of Suitable Factor’s Group Model in Landslide Susceptibility
The present study attempts to assess geo-spatial distribution of landslide susceptibility in the Balason river basin of Darjeeling Himalaya using clustering of various factors i.e. geomorphological factors, li...
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Comparison Between Landslide Susceptibility Models: A Critical Review and Evaluation
Among the various natural hazards, slope failure is the most widespread and damaging hazard (De Smedt in Slope stability analysis using GIS on a regional scale: a case study of Narayanghat Mungling highway sec...
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Machine Learning Models and Spatial Distribution of Landslide Susceptibility
The present study is dealt with the preparation of landslide susceptibility map of the Balason river basin of Darjeeling Himalaya with the help of GIS tools machine learning model i.e. support vector machine (...
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Geomorphic, Geo-tectonic and Hydrologic Attributes and Landslide Susceptibility
Occurrences of landslides are affected by geomorphic, tectonic and hydrologic parameters. Balason river basin of Darjeeling Himalaya exhibits these parameters which are being analyzed in regard to landslide oc...
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Geomorphic Diversity and Landslide Susceptibility: A Multi-criteria Evaluation Approach
The present study attempts to assess the role of basin morphometric parameters in slope instability using morphometric diversity (MD) model. Also try to find out the role of drainage parameters and relief para...
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Probabilistic Approaches and Landslide Susceptibility
The present study is associated with the implication of weight of evidence model and certainty factor model to prepare landslide susceptibility maps of the Balason river basin of Darjeeling Himalaya using data la...
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Landslides: An Overview
The dynamic interplay of disturbance and succession in ecosystems are meaningfully explained by the occurrence of landslides. It is very difficult task to restore the landslide surface area because of the pres...
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Slope Instability Analysis Using Morphometric Parameters: A Sub-watersheds Scale Study
Morphometric analysis of any drainage basin has paid immense importance in hydrological investigation. Morphometric parameters describe the topology, the structure, the planform and the relief of basin which a...
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Prediction of Landslide Susceptibility Using Bivariate Models
The present study is dealt with the application of Information value model (IVM), landslide nominal risk factor mode (LNRFM), fuzzy logic approach (FLA) and statistical index model (SIM) and the preparation of...
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Landslide Susceptibility and Elements at Risk: A Brief Review
Since ancient time, the Darjeeling Himalaya has been subjected to landslide hazards and similar phenomena. The Balason river basin is situated in this region and suffered several types of large and small lands...
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Monitoring changing course of the river Ganga and land-use dynamicity in Manikchak Diara of Malda district, West Bengal, India, using geospatial tools
Dynamicity of the river Ganga introduces significant changes in the land-use character of active alluvial plain of West Bengal, India. The dynamicity of the river Ganga is caused due to continuous sedimentatio...
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Bivariate statistical index for landslide susceptibility map** in the Rorachu river basin of eastern Sikkim Himalaya, India
The main goal of the study is to prepare a landslide susceptibility map under Geographical Information System (GIS) environment using statistical index model to identify and demarcate the areas of future lands...
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Application of frequency ratio (FR) model in spatial prediction of landslides in the Balason river basin, Darjeeling Himalaya
The present study aims to prepare landslide susceptibility map using frequency ratio (FR) model in the Balason river basin of Darjeeling Himalaya. Along with kee** in mind that, can the produced landslide su...
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Landslide susceptibility map** using modified information value model in the Lish river basin of Darjiling Himalaya
The spatial distribution of mountain slope instability deals with the potential zones for landslides occurrences. In the present study, information value model was modified to make the modified information va...
