Vulnerability Assessment of Landslide with the Help of Geospatial Approach in Western Himalayas, Upper Basin of River Sutlej, India

Jamwal, Amit; Sharma, Vikram

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75197-5_18

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“…These incidences were common in Himalaya's region but here frequency of these incidences were very high, It was evident from the previous study that maximum landslides incidences were occurred because of its fragile topography and haphazard development of hydroelectric projects [3]. The active landslides (Sudha Rang Dakhu, Shongtong, Urni, Tapari) were noticed in the region because of the slope failure incidences [4].…”

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Strategically Planning of Hydroelectric Projects for Reduce the Physical Vulnerability of Landscape in Upper Sutlej Valley, Western Himalayas, India

Jamwal¹,

Sharma²

2022

Geographic Information Systems and Applications in Coastal Studies

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Hydropower’s development in the Himalayas region is major concern because area is prone to the geo hazards. The high vulnerability of physical landscape pays attention on the planning of hydropower’s projects. This qualitative empirical research in western Himalayas, present the vulnerability of region and impacts of hydroelectric projects on physical landscape. The IPCC frame work of vulnerability assessment was used to assess the vulnerability in upper Sutlej valley. The indicator based methodology and Geographic information System (GIS) & Remote Sensing (RS) applications were adopted to highlight the impacts and vulnerability. The strategic buffering equal distance analysis was done and this indicates the ignorance of hydropower planning processes. The GIS mapping indicated the excessive development of hydroelectric projects in single river valley and strategic planning emphasizes to follow aerial equidistance between two projects while introducing hydropower projects in the Sutlej valley or any other valleys of the Himalayas region. The suggested strategy shall control the physical, social and economic losses in study region. In addition, this strategy will work as guidelines to develop hydropower projects in other valleys of the Himalaya.

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