Ethiopia like other developing countries depends on domestic agricultural production, struggling with infrastructure and healthcare is also at a low level. Among these factors there is also added impact of catastrophic natural processes. Landslides in this area have caused enormous material damage and also human deaths. Effects of those losses are huge and locals are dealing with them difficuly. Therefore, prevention should be a priority concern. In theoretical part the basic facts about modeling and simulation of landslides susceptibility is presented. Those facts are complemented with specific researches from Ethiopian highlands. Furthermore, it describes the methodology that was used. It compares the real distribution of slope movements against the expected occurrence across the classes of input layers. An essential part of the model is mapping work, supported with terrain work, during which 242 landslides was mapped. Model parameters are: slope, altitude, lithology, land cover, distance from geological boundary and distance to river. Slope was determined as most significant factor. Used methodology is universally applicable and the results it generates match reality well. Key words: slope movements, natural hazards, susceptibility analysis, geomorphology, Ethiopian Highland
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:335147 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Maca, Vít |
| Contributors | Vilímek, Vít, Kusák, Michal |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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