Effect of deforestation on landslides in Nilgiris District

Landslides in Nilgiris are mainly due to rainfall, but human intervention in the form of deforestation and plantation has turned this into a calamity.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2008
S. Vasantha Kumar, V. S. Bhagavanulu
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
36
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Tags:
Land Use, Nilgiri, Plantation Crops, Tea, Deforestation, Natural Disasters, Landslides, Remote Sensing, Tamil Nadu, Rainfall