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Kenneth Hewitt

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Publications

41

Citations

6.1K

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Active since

1967

Affiliations

Wilfrid Laurier University(Current)

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

Kenneth Hewitt is an author at Wilfrid Laurier University specializing in engineering, geography, and geomorphology.

Top concepts

EngineeringGeographyGeomorphologyEarth ScienceCryosphereSocial SciencesTectonicsGeologyGlaciologyDisaster Risk Reduction

Publications per year

1967–2022

41

Publications

41

The Karakoram Anomaly? Glacier Expansion and the ‘Elevation Effect,’ Karakoram Himalaya

Kenneth Hewitt · Mountain Research and Development · 2005 · 773 citations

Glacier Expansion, Glacier, Engineering +20

Regions of Risk: A Geographical Introduction to Disasters

John Handmer, Kenneth Hewitt · Geographical Journal · 1999 · 665 citations

Urban Vulnerability, Engineering, Natural Hazards +16

Giant landslides, topography, and erosion

Oliver Korup, John J. Clague, Reginald L. Hermanns et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2007 · 387 citations

Rock Slide, Engineering, Rock Slope +8

Catastrophic landslides and their effects on the Upper Indus streams, Karakoram Himalaya, northern Pakistan

Kenneth Hewitt · Geomorphology · 1998 · 314 citations

India-asia Collision Zone, Earth Science, Engineering +14

Glacier Change, Concentration, and Elevation Effects in the Karakoram Himalaya, Upper Indus Basin

Kenneth Hewitt · Mountain Research and Development · 2011 · 312 citations · Full text

Ablation Zone Ice, Glacier, Engineering +20

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