Varsity working on new index to help predict landslides


KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Sept -- Naib Canselor Insfrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) Prof Dr Roslan Zainal Abidin ketika ditemuramah mengenai kajiannya mencipta Peta Navigasi Risiko Tanah Runtuh (LariMap) yang memenangi pingat emas dan perak dalam Pertandingan Invention, Innovation dan Design Exposition 2016 (IIDEX) Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) hari ini.-- fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

PUTRAJAYA: Infrastructure Uni­ver­sity Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) is developing an index of probability of landslide occurrence in Penin­sular Malaysia.

The “ROAR Index” for landslide susceptibility to reduce casualties and damage was being done by its I-Geo Disaster Research Centre, said the university’s vice-chancellor and president Prof Dr Roslan Zainal Abidin.

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