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GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Qazvin Province of Iran

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Landslides pose serious life and property losses annually around the world. In the present research, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is applied for landslide hazard zonation of Qazvin Province, Iran. Qazvin Province, located in the Central Basin of Iran with an area of 15,821 km2, occupies 1% of Iran’s total area. This province is located between longitudes 48° 45′ to 50° 50 E and latitudes 35° 37′ and 36° 45′ N. In the present work, the effect of geomorphological (slope and aspect), geological (lithology, slope difference, strata slope, earthquake acceleration, ground aspect difference, and strata aspect), and engineering geology (point load index, geological strength index, specific gravity, cohesion, internal friction angle, weathering, and condition of discontinuities) parameters is investigated on landslide occurrence through the AHP method. After analysis of the obtained data in ArcGIS software, the effect of each information layer on landslide occurrence was determined and zoning was done. The results obtained by comparing the prepared zoning map and distribution of the occurred landslides show the high accuracy of the AHP method for landslide zoning in Qazvin Province.

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This work was supported by a research grant from Payame Noor University (PNU), Iran.

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  1. Department of Geology, Payame Noor University of Tehran (PNU), P.O.BOX 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran

    Reza Arjmandzadeh

  2. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

    Ebrahim Sharifi Teshnizi

  3. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

    Ahmad Rastegarnia

  4. Master of Science in Hydrogeology, Science and Research University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Mohsen Golian & Parisa Jabbari

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Hormozgan, Hormozgan, Iran

    Husain Shamsi

  6. Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

    Sima Tavasoli

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Arjmandzadeh, R., Sharifi Teshnizi, E., Rastegarnia, A. et al. GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Qazvin Province of Iran. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng 44 (Suppl 1), 619–647 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-019-00326-3

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