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Sikkim State of India lies in the seismically very active zone of the Eastern Himalaya and vulnerable to natural hazards like frequent landslides and earthquakes. A number of landslides occur between the two major thrusts—the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and Main Central Thrust (MCT) in Sikkim Himalayas. On the basis of last 15 years (1999–2013) data from review of literature and various other sources, high temporal and spatial variability were reported as far as the distribution of landslide in Sikkim Himalaya is concerned. It has also been observed that occurrences of landslides are not uniform over the years. The high variability of landslides in the Sikkim Himalaya is attributed to variation in geology, climatic condition and different construction activities. Present work also discusses the causes and remedies of the landslides in the Sikkim Himalaya.
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Singh, A., Ranjan, R.K., Tewari, V.C. (2020). Spatio-temporal Variability of Landslides in Sikkim Himalaya, India. In: Pal, I., von Meding, J., Shrestha, S., Ahmed, I., Gajendran, T. (eds) An Interdisciplinary Approach for Disaster Resilience and Sustainability. MRDRRE 2017. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9527-8_13
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