Using InfoVal method and GIS techniques for the spatial modelling of landslide susceptibility in the upper catchment of river Meenachil in Kerala |
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| Authors: | H Vijith P G Rejith G Madhu |
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| Institution: | (1) Centralized RS and GIS Facility, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686 560, India;(2) School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, 687 022, India |
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| Abstract: | A GIS-based statistical methodology for landslide susceptibility zonation is described and its application to a study area
in the Western Ghats of Kerala (India) is presented. The study area was approximately 218.44 km2 and 129 landslides were identified in this area. The environmental attributes used for the landslide susceptibility analysis
include geomorphology, slope, aspect, slope length, plan curvature, profile curvature, elevation, drainage density, distance
from drainages, lineament density, distance from lineaments and land use. The quantitative relationship between landslides
and factors affecting landslides are established by the data driven-Information Value (InfoVal) — method. By applying and
integrating the InfoVal weights using ArcGIS software, a continuous scale of numerical indices (susceptibility index) is obtained
with which the study area is divided into five classes of landslide susceptibility. In order to validate the results of the
susceptibility analysis, a success rate curve was prepared. The map obtained shows that a great majority of the landslides
(74.42%) identified in the field were located in susceptible and highly susceptible zones (27.29%). The area ratio calculated
by the area under curve (AUC) method shows a prediction accuracy of 80.45%. The area having a high scale of susceptibility
lies on side slope plateaus and denudational hills with high slopes where drainage density is relatively low and terrain modification
is relatively intense. |
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