Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Earth Surface Process, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China

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• Research Article   
  Landslides Susceptibility Analysis Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Method: A Case Study of Shigar Valley, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
  Author(s): Surih Sibaghatullah Jagirani, Zohaib Akbar, Irshad Ali Zardari, Liu Weiming* and Nazir Ahmed Bazai
  
  Landslides and rock avalanches greatly influence livelihood, ecosystem, and are considered to be a vulnerable form of natural disaster. Northern regions of Pakistan, comprising of rugged mountains are home to a number of disasters including landslides. This study describes the susceptibility of landslide processes in the Shigar district of Gilgit Baltistan, which is considered to be a hotspot of natural hazards, and uses the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique to develop a methodology for evaluating and modeling landslide data. Field findings and results of this study identified that the occurrence of these events is impacted by a range of natural and anthropogenic factors, such as earthquakes, which shake and disturb the strength of formations, and continuous heavy rainfall, which increase the susceptibility of soil to erode and damage the connectivity between rocks and boul.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2165-784X.2025.15.601

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