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National-scale assessment of landslide susceptibility to rank the vulnerability to failure of rock-cut slopes along expressways in Korea

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The objective of this study is to perform a preliminary national-scale assessment of the landslide susceptibility of rock-cut slopes along expressways in Korea. A geographic information system (GIS) database was compiled based on data from topographical and geological maps, and rock-cut slope data, including the locations of past landslides. Seven factors (i.e., slope height, slope length, slope gradient, upper slope gradient, lithology, distance from nearest fault, and dip direction of slope) were extracted from the GIS database to assess the relationship between each factor and landslide events. Weight of evidence (WOE), analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and fuzzy logic methods, as well as hybrid methods, were used to establish the rating of classes for each factor, weightings for the factors, and to combine multiple factor layers into landslide-susceptibility maps. A comparison of the results obtained using several different methods, based on the area under curve technique, revealed that the WOE method showed the highest accuracy of 74%. The annual cost of traffic congestion resulting from slope failures was evaluated to identify those rock-cut slopes where detailed investigations and landslide warning systems are required.

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This study was supported by the Brain Korea 21 Project in 2010 and the Research Institute of Engineering Science, Seoul National University, Korea. Authors appreciate help from Dr. Sang-Pil Lee of GS E&C.

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  1. Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-744, Republic of Korea

    Jangwon Suh, Tae-Dal Roh & Hyeong-Dong Park

  2. Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Yosoon Choi

  3. Seoyeong Engineering Co. Ltd, Seoul, 135-240, Republic of Korea

    Hyi-Jun Lee

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Suh, J., Choi, Y., Roh, TD. et al. National-scale assessment of landslide susceptibility to rank the vulnerability to failure of rock-cut slopes along expressways in Korea. Environ Earth Sci 63, 619–632 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0729-6

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