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Exporting a Google Earth ™ aided earth-flow susceptibility model: a test in central Sicily

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  • D. Costanzo
  • C. Cappadonia
  • C. Conoscenti
  • E. Rotigliano

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In the framework of a regional landslide susceptibility study in southern Sicily, a test has been carried out in the Tumarrano river basin (about 80 km 2 ) aimed at characterizing its landslide susceptibility conditions by exporting a “source model”, defined and trained inside a limited (about 20 km 2 ) representative sector (the “source area”). Also, the possibility of exploiting Google Earth ™ software and photo-images databank to produce the landslide archives has been checked. The susceptibility model was defined, according to a multivariate geostatistic approach based on the conditional analysis, using unique condition units (UCUs), which were obtained by combining four selected controlling factors: outcropping lithology, steepness, plan curvature and topographic wetness index. The prediction skill of the exported model, trained with 206 landslides, is compared with the one estimated for the whole studied area, by using a complete landslide archive (703 landslides), to see to what extent the largest time/money costs needed are accounted for. The investigated area stretches in the fore-deep sector of southern Sicily, where clayey rocks, mainly referring to the Numidian Flysch and the Terravecchia Formations, largely crop out. The results of the study confirm both the exploitability of Google Earth ™ to produce landslide archive and possibility to adopt in assessing the landslide susceptibility for large basin, a strategy based on the exportation of models trained in limited representative sectors. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • D. Costanzo & C. Cappadonia & C. Conoscenti & E. Rotigliano, 2012. "Exporting a Google Earth ™ aided earth-flow susceptibility model: a test in central Sicily," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 61(1), pages 103-114, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:61:y:2012:i:1:p:103-114
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9870-0
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