The analysis and Zoning of Environmental Hazzard in Slopes of Hamedan city

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Earth movement is one of natural hazards which affects sustainability of our environment. In this research, on slopes facing Hamedan city (W. Iran), the hazards of natural movements have been studied by Brunsden (1994) methods, using GIS (Arc GIS 9) in scale of 1:25000. The hazard been classified in 3 groups of A, B and C. The results indicate that 64% of slopes facing Hamedan city is unstable to relatively unstable, which this hazard should be considered in development planning of the city.
 
 

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