Landslide hazard assessment along a mountain highway in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) using remote sensing and computational models

Akhouri P. Krishna; Santosh Kumar

doi:10.1117/12.2029080

24 October 2013 Landslide hazard assessment along a mountain highway in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) using remote sensing and computational models

Akhouri P. Krishna, Santosh Kumar

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Proceedings Volume 8893, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications IV; 88930Q (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029080
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Landslide hazard assessments using computational models, such as artificial neural network (ANN) and frequency ratio (FR), were carried out covering one of the important mountain highways in the Central Himalaya of Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). Landslide influencing factors were either calculated or extracted from spatial databases including recent remote sensing data of LANDSAT TM, CARTOSAT digital elevation model (DEM) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite for rainfall data. ANN was implemented using the multi-layered feed forward architecture with different input, output and hidden layers. This model based on back propagation algorithm derived weights for all possible parameters of landslides and causative factors considered. The training sites for landslide prone and non-prone areas were identified and verified through details gathered from remote sensing and other sources. Frequency Ratio (FR) models are based on observed relationships between the distribution of landslides and each landslide related factor. FR model implementation proved useful for assessing the spatial relationships between landslide locations and factors contributing to its occurrence. Above computational models generated respective susceptibility maps of landslide hazard for the study area. This further allowed the simulation of landslide hazard maps on a medium scale using GIS platform and remote sensing data. Upon validation and accuracy checks, it was observed that both models produced good results with FR having some edge over ANN based mapping. Such statistical and functional models led to better understanding of relationships between the landslides and preparatory factors as well as ensuring lesser levels of subjectivity compared to qualitative approaches.

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Akhouri P. Krishna and Santosh Kumar "Landslide hazard assessment along a mountain highway in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) using remote sensing and computational models", Proc. SPIE 8893, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications IV, 88930Q (24 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029080

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