Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(17), P. 4159 - 4159
Published: Aug. 24, 2023
Landslides
are
devastating
natural
disasters
that
seriously
threaten
human
life
and
property.
Landslide
susceptibility
mapping
(LSM)
plays
a
key
role
in
landslide
hazard
management.
Machine
learning
(ML)
models
widely
used
LSM
but
suffer
from
limitations
such
as
overfitting
unreliable
accuracy.
To
improve
the
classification
performance
of
single
machine
model,
this
study
selects
logistic
regression
(LR),
support
vector
(SVM),
random
forest
(RF),
gradient
boosting
decision
tree
(GBDT),
proposes
novel
heterogeneous
ensemble
framework
based
on
Bayesian
optimization
(BO),
namely,
stratified
weighted
averaging
(SWA),
to
test
its
applicability
typical
area
Yanbian
Prefecture,
China.
Firstly,
dataset
consisting
1531
historical
landslides
was
collected
field
investigations
records,
spatial
database
containing
16
predisposing
factors
established.
The
divided
into
training
set
ratio
7:3.
results
showed
SWA
effectively
improved
Accuracy,
AUC,
robustness
model
compared
ML
model.
achieved
best
(Accuracy
=
91.39%
AUC
0.967).
verify
generalization
ability
SWA,
we
selected
published
datasets
Yanshan
country
Yongxin
China
for
testing.
also
performed
well,
with
an
0.871
0.860,
respectively.
As
indicated
by
shapely
values
(SVs),
Normalized
Difference
Vegetation
Index
(NDVI)
is
factor
has
greatest
impact
occurrence.
maps
obtained
will
provide
effective
reference
program
land
use
planning
disaster
prevention
mitigation
projects
Ecological Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
81, P. 102583 - 102583
Published: March 30, 2024
Landslides
present
a
substantial
risk
to
human
lives,
the
environment,
and
infrastructure.
Consequently,
it
is
crucial
highlight
regions
prone
future
landslides
by
examining
correlation
between
past
various
geo-environmental
factors.
This
study
aims
investigate
optimal
data
selection
machine
learning
model,
or
ensemble
technique,
for
evaluating
vulnerability
of
areas
determining
most
accurate
approach.
To
attain
our
objectives,
we
considered
two
different
scenarios
selecting
landslide-free
random
points
(a
slope
threshold
buffer-based
approach)
performed
comparative
analysis
five
models
landslide
susceptibility
mapping,
namely:
Support
Vector
Machine
(SVM),
Logistic
Regression
(LR),
Linear
Discriminant
Analysis
(LDA),
Random
Forest
(RF),
Extreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost).
The
area
this
research
an
in
Polk
County
Western
North
Carolina
that
has
experienced
fatal
landslides,
leading
casualties
significant
damage
infrastructure,
properties,
road
networks.
model
construction
process
involves
utilization
dataset
comprising
1215
historical
occurrences
non-landslide
points.
We
integrated
total
fourteen
geospatial
layers,
consisting
topographic
variables,
soil
data,
geological
land
cover
attributes.
use
metrics
assess
models'
performance,
including
accuracy,
F1-score,
Kappa
score,
AUC-ROC.
In
addition,
used
seeded-cell
index
(SCAI)
evaluate
map
consistency.
using
Weighted
Average
produces
outstanding
results,
with
AUC-ROC
99.4%
scenario
91.8%
scenario.
Our
findings
emphasize
impact
sampling
on
performance
mapping.
Furthermore,
optimally
identifying
landslide-prone
hotspots
need
urgent
management
planning,
demonstrates
effectiveness
analyzing
providing
valuable
insights
informed
decision-making
disaster
reduction
initiatives.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(19), P. 4703 - 4703
Published: Sept. 26, 2023
Karakoram
Highway
(KKH)
is
an
international
route
connecting
South
Asia
with
Central
and
China
that
holds
socio-economic
strategic
significance.
However,
KKH
has
extreme
geological
conditions
make
it
prone
vulnerable
to
natural
disasters,
primarily
landslides,
posing
a
threat
its
routine
activities.
In
this
context,
the
study
provides
updated
inventory
of
landslides
in
area
precisely
measured
slope
deformation
(Vslope),
utilizing
SBAS-InSAR
(small
baseline
subset
interferometric
synthetic
aperture
radar)
PS-InSAR
(persistent
scatterer
technology.
By
processing
Sentinel-1
data
from
June
2021
2023,
InSAR
technique,
total
571
were
identified
classified
based
on
government
reports
field
investigations.
A
24
new
prospective
identified,
some
existing
redefined.
This
landslide
was
then
utilized
create
susceptibility
model,
which
investigated
link
between
occurrences
causal
variables.
Deep
learning
(DL)
machine
(ML)
models,
including
convolutional
neural
networks
(CNN
2D),
recurrent
(RNNs),
random
forest
(RF),
gradient
boosting
(XGBoost),
are
employed.
The
split
into
70%
for
training
30%
testing
fifteen
causative
factors
used
mapping.
To
compare
accuracy
under
curve
(AUC)
receiver
operating
characteristic
(ROC)
used.
CNN
2D
technique
demonstrated
superior
performance
creating
map
(LSM)
KKH.
enhanced
LSM
modeling
approach
hazard
prevention
serves
as
conceptual
reference
management
risk
assessment
mitigation.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(16), P. 4111 - 4111
Published: Aug. 21, 2023
The
expansion
of
mountainous
urban
areas
and
road
networks
can
influence
the
terrain,
vegetation,
material
characteristics,
thereby
altering
susceptibility
landslides.
Understanding
relationship
between
human
engineering
activities
landslide
occurrence
is
great
significance
for
both
prevention
land
resource
management.
In
this
study,
an
analysis
was
conducted
on
caused
by
Typhoon
Megi
in
2016.
A
representative
area
along
eastern
coast
China—characterized
development,
deforestation,
severe
expansion—was
used
to
analyze
spatial
distribution
For
purpose,
high-precision
Planet
optical
remote
sensing
images
were
obtain
inventory
related
event.
main
innovative
features
are
as
follows:
(i)
newly
developed
patch
generating
land-use
simulation
(PLUS)
model
simulated
analyzed
driving
factors
land-cover
(LULC)
from
2010
2060;
(ii)
stacking
strategy
combined
three
strong
ensemble
models—Random
Forest
(RF),
Extreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost),
Light
Machine
(LightGBM)—to
calculate
susceptibility;
(iii)
distance
LULC
maps
short-term
long-term
dynamic
examine
impact
susceptibility.
results
show
that
maximum
built-up
2020
13.433
km2,
mainly
expanding
forest
cropland
land,
with
8.28
km2
5.99
respectively.
predicted
map
2060
shows
a
growth
45.88
distributed
around
government
residences
relatively
flat
terrain
frequent
socio-economic
activities.
factor
contribution
has
higher
than
LULC.
Stacking
RF-XGB-LGBM
obtained
optimal
AUC
value
0.915
Furthermore,
future
network
have
intensified
probability
landslides
occurring
2015.
To
our
knowledge,
first
application
PLUS
models
international
literature.
research
serve
foundation
developing
management
guidelines
reduce
risk
failures.
International Journal of Coal Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: April 5, 2024
Abstract
This
study
aims
to
investigate
the
effects
of
different
mapping
unit
scales
and
area
on
uncertainty
rules
landslide
susceptibility
prediction
(LSP).
To
illustrate
various
scales,
Ganzhou
City
in
China,
its
eastern
region
(Ganzhou
East),
Ruijin
County
East
were
chosen.
Different
are
represented
by
grid
units
with
spatial
resolution
30
60
m,
as
well
slope
that
extracted
multi-scale
segmentation
method.
The
3855
locations
21
typical
environmental
factors
first
determined
create
datasets
input-outputs.
Then,
maps
(LSMs)
City,
produced
using
a
support
vector
machine
(SVM)
random
forest
(RF),
respectively.
LSMs
above
three
regions
then
mask
from
LSM
along
East.
Additionally,
at
generated
accordance.
Accuracy
indexes
(LSIs)
distribution
used
express
LSP
uncertainties.
uncertainties
under
significantly
decrease
County,
whereas
those
less
affected
scales.
Of
course,
attentions
should
also
be
paid
broader
representativeness
large
areas.
accuracy
increases
about
6%–10%
compared
m
same
area's
scale.
significance
exhibits
an
averaging
trend
scale
small
large.
importance
varies
greatly
unit,
but
it
tends
consistent
some
extent
unit.
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abstract