Geography 361: Environmental Hazards (Group 3)

 

Landslides: Causes of the Landslide in Guinsaugon, Philippines
 

 
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Hazard Identification

 

Landslide History of the Philippines

 

Background of the landslide

 

Effects of the landslide

 

Identifying dangerous zones

 

Reduce losses

 

References

 

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References

Associated Press, 2006, A look at major landslides in Philippines. 17Apr. 2006<http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/02/17/a_look_at_major_landslides_in_philippines.>

Chen, C. Y., Chen, T. C., Yu, F. C., and Lin, S. C., 2005, Analysis of time-varying rainfall infiltration induced landslide: Environmental Geology ( Berlin), v. 48, no. 4-5, p. 466-479.

Collins, B.D., Znidarcic, D., and Cho, S.E., 2005, Discussion of “Stability analyses of rainfall- induced landslides”: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 131 (11), p. 1437-1442.

Earth Observatory Natural Hazard. Ed. David Herring. 2006. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1Mar.2006 <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13386>.

Gori, P.L., Spiker, E.C., 2001, USGS National mitigation to reduce losses from landslide hazards. 17Apr.2006 <http://www.egiweb.org/geotimes/mar01/usgs_landslides.html>.

Petley, D. N., Higuchi, T., and Petley, D.J., 2005, Development of progressive landslide failure in cohesive materials: Geology, v. 33, no. 3, p. 201-204.

UNOSAT, Satellite Imagery For All. 2006. UNOSAT.12 Mar. 2006 <http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=46>.

Landslide Hazards Program. 2005. United States Geological Survey. 12 Mar. 2006 < http://landslides.usgs.gov/>.

Sidle, R.C., 2000, Watershed challenges for the 21 st century: a global perspective for mountainous terrain: USDA Forest Service proceedings, RMRS-P-13, p. 45-56

Showstark, R. 2003, USGS warns of increased rain induced landslide risk: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 84. No. 1, p. 2.

Wang, H., Gangjiun, L., Xu, W., and Wang, G., 2005, GIS-based landslide hazard assessment: an overview; Progress in Physical Geography, v. 29, no. 4, p. 548-567.


Location of the Philippines. Circled in red is the province of Leyte, Guinsaugon is located on the southern part of the island.

 

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