TY - GEN
T1 - An overview of a GIS method for mapping and assessing landslide hazards
AU - Paulín, Gabriel Legorreta
AU - Bursik, Marcus
AU - Hubp, José Lugo
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In Mexico, numerous GIS-based applications have been used to represent and assess slope stability. However, there is not a practical and standardized landslide mapping methodology under the GIS system. This work aims to illustrate a comprehensive methodology to characterize areas that are prone to slope instability. The Río Chiquito-Barranca del Muerto watershed on the southwestern flank of Pico de Orizaba volcano, the highest mountain in Mexico, was selected as study area. The study area has a combination of several contributing factors to landslides such as high rain fall during the wet season, rock types, high degree of weathering, and steep slopes. The methodology encompasses three main stages of analysis to assess landslide hazards. The technique and its implementation in a GIS-based technology is presented and discussed.
AB - In Mexico, numerous GIS-based applications have been used to represent and assess slope stability. However, there is not a practical and standardized landslide mapping methodology under the GIS system. This work aims to illustrate a comprehensive methodology to characterize areas that are prone to slope instability. The Río Chiquito-Barranca del Muerto watershed on the southwestern flank of Pico de Orizaba volcano, the highest mountain in Mexico, was selected as study area. The study area has a combination of several contributing factors to landslides such as high rain fall during the wet season, rock types, high degree of weathering, and steep slopes. The methodology encompasses three main stages of analysis to assess landslide hazards. The technique and its implementation in a GIS-based technology is presented and discussed.
KW - GIS
KW - Landslide susceptibility
KW - Landslides inventory
KW - Multiple logistic regression
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84898070097
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-31325-7_50
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-31325-7_50
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84898070097
SN - 9783642313240
T3 - Landslide Science and Practice: Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning
SP - 379
EP - 385
BT - Landslide Science and Practice
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 2nd World Landslide Forum, WLF 2011
Y2 - 3 October 2011 through 9 October 2011
ER -