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Landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping in a mexican stratovolcano

  • Gabriel Legorreta Paulín
  • , Marcus Bursik
  • , M. T. Ramírez-Herrera
  • , J. Lugo-Hubp
  • , J. J. Zamorano Orozco
  • , I. Alcántara-Ayala
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the on-going research project from the Institute of Geography at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) that seeks to conduct multi-temporal landslide inventories and produce landslide susceptibility maps by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The Río Chiquito-Barranca del Muerto watershed on the southwestern flank of Pico de Orizaba volcano in Mexico is selected as a case-control study area. First, the project aims to derive a landslide inventory map from a representative sample of landslides using aerial photography and field work. Next, Multiple Logistic Regression (MLR) is used to examine the relation between landsliding and several independent variables (elevation, slope, contributing area, land use, geology, and terrain curvature) to create the susceptibility map. Finally, the model is compared with the reality expressed by the inventory map. In this study, the results of the landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping techniques are presented and discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLandslide Science and Practice
Subtitle of host publicationLandslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages141-146
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783642313240
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2nd World Landslide Forum, WLF 2011 - Rome, Italy
Duration: Oct 3 2011Oct 9 2011

Publication series

NameLandslide Science and Practice: Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning
Volume1

Conference

Conference2nd World Landslide Forum, WLF 2011
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period10/3/1110/9/11

Keywords

  • GIS
  • Landslide inventory
  • Landslide susceptibility
  • Multiple logistic regression

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