Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city Joshimath
Most of the Greater Himalayan cities recurrently face multiple natural hazards or disasters such as earthquake, landslide, sinking, glacier busts and flash flood. So, Joshimath is no exception because it is situated on tectonically very active young fold Himalayan mountain chain. Previously, many in...
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| description | Most of the Greater Himalayan cities recurrently face multiple natural hazards or disasters such as earthquake, landslide, sinking, glacier busts and flash flood. So, Joshimath is no exception because it is situated on tectonically very active young fold Himalayan mountain chain. Previously, many incidents like landslides, subsidence or sinking and flash flood occurred in and around Joshimath city and multiple major and minor cracks also exposed on roads, walls and floors of houses. From 11 January 2023, major portion of Joshimath city is continuously started to sink and major and minor cracks have been developed on roads, floors, ceilings and walls of houses. Around 1000 people have been evacuated from the unsafe area and risky buildings. Here, schmidt hammer rebound test for rock strength, deep learning technique (landslide susceptibility) and geo-hydrological techniques have been applied. This geospatial with field based study investigated the reasons behind the recent big disaster and this research finding will definitely assist to policy makers for sustainable planning and management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e18b7c8faeae40a195e0f5f9098028dc2023-10-13T11:05:52ZengElsevierQuaternary Science Advances2666-03342023-10-0112100100Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city JoshimathBiswajit Bera0Soumik Saha1Sumana Bhattacharjee2Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, P.O. Purulia Sainik School, Purulia, 723104, India; Corresponding author.Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Ranchi Road, P.O. Purulia Sainik School, Purulia, 723104, IndiaDepartment of Geography, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College (University of Calcutta), 30, Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, 700 033, IndiaMost of the Greater Himalayan cities recurrently face multiple natural hazards or disasters such as earthquake, landslide, sinking, glacier busts and flash flood. So, Joshimath is no exception because it is situated on tectonically very active young fold Himalayan mountain chain. Previously, many incidents like landslides, subsidence or sinking and flash flood occurred in and around Joshimath city and multiple major and minor cracks also exposed on roads, walls and floors of houses. From 11 January 2023, major portion of Joshimath city is continuously started to sink and major and minor cracks have been developed on roads, floors, ceilings and walls of houses. Around 1000 people have been evacuated from the unsafe area and risky buildings. Here, schmidt hammer rebound test for rock strength, deep learning technique (landslide susceptibility) and geo-hydrological techniques have been applied. This geospatial with field based study investigated the reasons behind the recent big disaster and this research finding will definitely assist to policy makers for sustainable planning and management.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000321Joshimath citySchmidt hammer rebound testDeep learningSustainable planning |
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| title | Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city Joshimath |
| title_full | Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city Joshimath |
| title_fullStr | Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city Joshimath |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city Joshimath |
| title_short | Sinking and sleeping of Himalayan city Joshimath |
| title_sort | sinking and sleeping of himalayan city joshimath |
| topic | Joshimath city Schmidt hammer rebound test Deep learning Sustainable planning |
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