The Role of Geospatial Technologies in Landslide Hazard Assessment

The focus of this book is on various dimensions of landslide hazard assessment including terminologies used in landslide hazard analysis, landslide inventory systems used globally and their relevance in generating complete and reliable landslide database for further analysis supported by global case studies.

Auteur

Sudhakar Dhondu Pardeshi is presently working as a professor of geography at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Before joining this university, he served as a lecturer in geography at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar. His interest areas are geomorphology, landslide studies, water resource management, remote sensing, and GIS applications. He has 29 years of teaching and research experience at both graduate and postgraduate levels. He has published his research work in various national and international journals.

Sumant Eknath Autade is presently working as an associate professor in geography at Swami Vivekanand Night College in Dombivli, affiliated with the University of Mumbai. He has 18 years of teaching and research experience at graduate and postgraduate levels. His research interests are in the application of remotely sened data in natural hazard assessment, particularly landslides. He has published 13 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. He has completed four research projects funded by state and national funding agencies.

Suchitra Sudhakar Pardeshi is presently working as professor of geography in Prof. Ramkrishna More ACS College, Akurdi, Pune. Prior to this, she has served in Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and K.S.K.W. ASC College, Nasik. Her interest areas are geomorphology, landslide studies, flood hazard assessment, remote sensing, and GIS applications. She has 28 years of teaching and research experience at both graduate and postgraduate levels. She has published his research work in various national and international journals. She has completed four research projects funded by different national research funding agencies.