Landsliding related to land-cover change : a diachronic analysis of hillslope instability distribution in the Sierra Norte, Puebla, Mexico

Geomorphology and land degradation. Special issue

Auteurs :
ALCÁNTARA-AYALA, I.
ESTEBAN-CHÁVEZ, O.
PARROT, J.F.
HUDSON, P.F.

Description :
The analysis involves comparing vegetation cover scenarios, particularly deforestation, using satellite images from 1989 and 1999 to examine land use and forest conditions prior and after the extreme rainfall event, October 1999, that triggered slope instability in the Sierra Norte, Puebla.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Regional geomorphology conference, IAG, Mexico, Mexique, 2003-10-27, Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 2006, vol. 65, n°. 2, p. 152-165, nombre de pages : 14, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 68 ref.

Date :
2006

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena