Roads and landslides in Nepal: how development affects environmental risk
<p>The number of deaths from landslides in Nepal has been increasing dramatically due to a complex combination of earthquakes, climate change, and an explosion of informal road construction that destabilizes slopes during the rainy season. This trend will likely rise as development continues,...
Main Authors: | B. G. McAdoo, M. Quak, K. R. Gnyawali, B. R. Adhikari, S. Devkota, P. L. Rajbhandari, K. Sudmeier-Rieux |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-11-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/18/3203/2018/nhess-18-3203-2018.pdf |
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