The physical, social, and environmental vulnerabilities of the at-risk elements were evaluated using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and integrated with the hazard data to develop a risk map. The study identified the areas, infrastructure and settlements susceptible to GLOF hazard to support ...
Recent studies consider the HKH region as the most susceptible mountain range to hazardous Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) events, given the large human population and infrastructure being highly vulnerable (Taylor et al., 2023). Continuous expansion of glacial lakes and their hazardous potential...
Figure 10 shows the 5-year’s deformation map derived using the SBAS technique, where the calculated deformation range spanned from 203 mm to −486 mm. In Figure 10, it is seen that significant and ongoing shifts in the terrain are occurring. The data highlight the KKH’s vulnerability ...
In this study, we focus exclusively on the northern region of UIB that includes the Karakoram Range. The main ridge of the Karakoram Range forms the hydrological and political divide between Pakistan and China, while the Eastern part of the study area is crossed by the Line Of Control (LOC)...
The uncertainty of each offset map is reported as 1/10~1/30 of the image pixel size of Sentinel-1 data or 0.2 and 1 m in range and azimuth directions [9]. These factors are almost independent of the accuracy of glacier velocity due to the large amounts of offset results and the ...
Karakoram Range, great mountain system extending some 300 miles (500 km) from the easternmost extension of Afghanistan in a southeasterly direction along the watershed between Central and South Asia. The average elevation of its mountains is about 20,000