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Wilayah Rawan Longsor Di Kota Jayapura, Rudolf D. Abrauw

Jurnal Geografi Lingkungan Tropik (Journal of Geography of Tropical Environments)

Jayapura City is area that located in the north of the island of Papua and dealing directly with the Pacific Plate, so the potential for geological disasters, one of which is a landslide. However, landslides occur not only influenced by the movement of the Pacific Plate (because of occurrences fault / faults), but also a slope that varies from lowlands (0-8%) to the hills (> 45%), lithological and climatic conditions. This study aims to map areas vulnerable to landslides based Geographic Information System (GIS) using two models, namely, [1] the model prediction of landslides Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard …