Abstract
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a framework of regional connectivity, which will not only benefit China and Pakistan but will have positive impact on Iran, Afghanistan, India, Central Asian Republic, and the region. The surrounding area in CPEC is prone to frequent disruption by geological hazards mainly landslides in northern Pakistan. Comprehensive landslide inventory and susceptibility assessment are rarely available to utilize for landslide mitigation strategies. This study aims to utilize the high-resolution satellite images to develop a comprehensive landslide inventory and subsequently develop landslide susceptibility maps using multiple techniques. The very high-resolution (VHR) satellite images are utilized to develop a landslide inventory using the visual image classification techniques, historic records and field observations. A total of 1632 landslides are mapped in the area. Four statistical models i.e., frequency ratio, artificial neural network, weights of evidence and logistic regression were used for landslide susceptibility modeling by comparing the landslide inventory with the topographic parameters, geological features, drainage and road network. The developed landslides susceptibility maps were verified using the area under curve (AUC) method. The prediction power of the model was assessed by the prediction rate curve. The success rate curves show 93%, 92.8%, 92.7% and 87.4% accuracy of susceptibility maps for frequency ratio, artificial neural network, weights of evidence and logistic regression, respectively. The developed landslide inventory and susceptibility maps can be used for land use planning and landslide mitigation strategies.
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The authors are grateful to the Pakistan Science Foundation project number PSF/NSFC/Earth-KP-UoP(11) and Natural Science Foundation China (Grant No.41661144028) for supporting this study.
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Hussain, M.L., Shafique, M., Bacha, A.S. et al. Landslide inventory and susceptibility assessment using multiple statistical approaches along the Karakoram highway, northern Pakistan. J. Mt. Sci. 18, 583–598 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-020-6145-9
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