A spatially integrated modelling approach to landslide risk assessment: a case study of the Nova Friburgo disaster - RJ, Brazil

Landslides cause enormous economic damage and fatalities worldwide. The 2011 Mega disaster in the Rio de Janeiro mountainous region is considered the worst landslide disaster in Brazilian history. Traditionally, risk topic has been analyzed from a purely engineering-based perspective, which has prov...

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Main Author: Claudia Paola Cardozo
Other Authors: Eymar Silva Sampaio Lopes
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) 2018
Online Access:http://urlib.net/sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21c/2018/03.12.14.01