Journal of Geography  & Natural Disasters
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Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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• Research Article   
  GIS and Remote Sensing Assessment of Landslide Susceptibility along the Cameroon Volcanic Line: West Region, Cameroon
  Author(s): Raphel Etoyiva Abine*
  
  The physical and tectonic setting exposes the western part of Cameroon to natural and anthropogenic hazards. Small scale landslides with devastating effects are recurrent along the Cameroon Volcanic Line. Limited studies have addressed the susceptibility to sliding in the area. This study therefore aimed at producing a landslide susceptibility map of the West Region to aid local and national authorities in land use planning and policy to minimize loss. Eleven conditioning and triggering factors were selected to investigate landslide susceptibility in the study area. These factors include; slope angle, lithology, soil, slope aspect, elevation, rainfall, geological faults, land use, normalized difference vegetation index, roads and river networks. These factors were assigned weights using the analytical hierarchy process. The weighted linear combination technique wa.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2167-0587.23.13.269

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