[This article belongs to Volume - 54, Issue - 02]
Gongcheng Kexue Yu Jishu/Advanced Engineering Science
Journal ID : AES-30-12-2022-654

Title : TREND AND SUSCEPTIBILITY ANALYSIS OF LANDSLIDE/SLOPE HAZARD AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE KULLU HIMALAYA, HIMACHAL PRADESH
Anand Malik and Harish Kumar

Abstract :

The fragile landscapes of the Himalayan region are highly susceptible to natural hazards, and there is on-going concern about current and potential climate change impacts which may include abnormal floods, droughts and landslides, loss of biodiversity and threats to food security. The Indian subcontinent has been prone to disasters of great scope for generations, and recent events such as the 1999 Orissa cyclone and the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, coupled with the ongoing landslide, floods, droughts, and other hazards that are in fact commonplace. The methodological procedure adopted, integrating different GIS modules for Slope hazard and emerging landslide risk assessment. The data used in the present study are Satellite image LANDSAT 8 OLI (operational land imager), Aster GDEM (30 × 30 m resolution), Google Earth Image, Geological Map (Geological Survey of India) and Topographical Map (Survey of India). Landslide Distribution Map/inventory map was carved out to determine landslide affected area (%) and frequency of landslide for each class of the landslide inducing factors/factors maps evaluating SOI Toposheet, Google Earth Image and intensive field investigation with GPS. The main objective of this study to analysis the trend and susceptibility of landslide and evaluate its impact on local community in the study region.