Mandatory GIS texts
DeMers, Michael N.: Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 2005. Wiley. ISBN: 0-471-20491-9. Chapter 10 and 13.
Wilson, John P. and John C. Gallant (eds.): Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications, 2000. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0471321885. Chapter 1.
Bettina Neuhäuser: GIS-based methods for landslide hazard/susceptibility hazard - An overview, 2005. LESSLOSS report to deliverable 11.
Bucknam, R. C., et al: Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala - Inventory and Discussion, 2001. USGS Open File Report 01-443. (this report is especially relevant from page 26 and onwards). Fulltext.
Optional GIS texts (read one or more)
Huggel, C., A. Kääb, W. Haeberli, and B. Krummenacher: Regional-scale GIS-models for assessment of hazards from glacier lake outbursts: evaluation and application in the Swiss Alps, 2003. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2003(3), pp 647-662. Fulltext.
Iverson, Richard M., Steven P. Schilling, James W. Vallance: Objective delineation of lahar-inundation hazard zones, 1998. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1998(110), pp 972-984. Fulltext.
Jaboyedoff, M. and Labiouse V: Preliminary assessment of rockfall hazard based on GIS data, 2003. ISRM 2003–Technology roadmap for rock mechanics, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Fulltext.
Pack, R. T., D. G. Tarboton, C. N. Goodwin: Assessing Terrain Stability in a GIS using SINMAP, 2001. 15th Annual GIS Conference, February 19-22, Vancouver, British Columbia. Fulltext.
Suggested GIS texts (for those unfamiliar to GIS)
Clarke, Keith C.: Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, 2003. Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-046027-3.
DeMers, Michael N.: Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 2005. Wiley. ISBN: 0-471-20491-9.
Heywood, I. et al: An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, 2006. Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-129317-6.
Remote sensing
Texts will be published during the first week of lectures...