Landslide hazard assessment in Muong Lay, Vietnam, applying GIS and remote sensing [Elektronische Ressource] / Nguyen Quoc Khanh

LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENT IN MUONGLAY, VIETNAM APPLYING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING Dissertation in fulfillment of the academic degree doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald Nguyen Quoc Khanh born on 02, Sept, 1975 in Hanoi, Vietnam Greifswald, 2009 Dekan: ............................................................................................. 1. Gutachter : ................................................................................... 2. Gutachter: .................................................................................... Tag der Promotion:........................................................................... 1 Acknowledgment The present thesis is the final output of my four-year study. I am grateful to numerous people who contributed towards shaping this dissertation. I would like first to thank my supervisors, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zölitz (Greifswald University, Germany), Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Thach (Hanoi University of Sciences), for their excellent guidance for my doctoral research. I would particularly like to thank Professor Reinhard Zölitz for providing me with the opportunity to work in the best conditions, and to Professor Nguyen Ngoc Thach for his assistance about geosciences.