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The present study is carried out to identify the landslide vulnerable zones along the National Highways of Manipur that are severely affected by the frequent landslide hazards during every rainy season. The objective of this study is to prepare a Landslide Hazards Zonation (LHZ) map and a Landslide Hazard Management (LHM) map using Remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The study is carried out within 2 km buffer along both sides of the Highways. In the study, datasets consisting of fourteen parameters have been generated in GIS platform from the topographic maps, satellite imageries, field visits and available published maps have been used to extract relevant information for the preparation of LHZ and LHM maps. The LHZ maps depicts the whole area as severe, very high, high, moderate, low and very low landslide hazard zones. The result of LHZ map is also validated using the field data.
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The author is thankful to Prof Arun Kumar, Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, for providing all the necessary support in conducting the present study. The financial assistance given by DTRL, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi is also thankfully acknowledged.
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Chingkhei, R.K. (2018). Landslide Zonation in Manipur Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies. In: Singh, A., Punia, M., Haran, N., Singh, T. (eds) Development and Disaster Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8485-0_12
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