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Application of an analytical hierarchical process approach for landslide susceptibility mapping in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Environmental Earth Sciences volume 66, pages 1739–1752 (2012)Cite this article

Abstract

A Luoi is a Vietnamese–Laotian border district situated in the western part of Thua Thien Hue province, central Vietnam, where landslides occur frequently and seriously affect local living conditions. This study focuses on the spatial analysis of landslide susceptibility in this 263-km2 area. To analyze landslide manifestation in the study area, causative factor maps are derived of slope angle, weathering, land use, geomorphology, fault density, geology, drainage distance, elevation, and precipitation. The analytical hierarchical process approach is used to combine these maps for landslide susceptibility mapping. A landslide susceptibility zonation map with four landslide susceptibility classes, i.e. low, moderate, high, and very high susceptibility for landsliding, is derived based on the correspondence with an inventory of observed landslides. The final map indicates that about 37% of the area is very highly susceptible for landsliding and about 22% is highly susceptible, which means that more than half of the area should be considered prone to landsliding.

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    Long Nguyen Thanh & Florimond De Smedt

  2. Remote Sensing and Geomatics Department, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, Chien Thang Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Long Nguyen Thanh

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Thanh, L.N., De Smedt, F. Application of an analytical hierarchical process approach for landslide susceptibility mapping in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. Environ Earth Sci 66, 1739–1752 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-011-1397-x

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  • Landslide
  • Susceptibility
  • Analytical hierarchical process
  • GIS
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