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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2024-29
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2024-29
26 Feb 2024
 | 26 Feb 2024
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal NHESS and is expected to appear here in due course.

Comparison of conditioning factors classification criteria in large scale statistically based landslide susceptibility models

Marko Sinčić, Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Mauro Rossi, and Snježana Mihalić Arbanas

Abstract. The large scale landslide susceptibility assessment (LSA) is an important tool for reducing landslide risk through the application of resulting maps in spatial and urban planning. The existing literature more often deals with LSA modelling techniques and the scientific research very rarely focuses on acquiring relevant thematic and landslide data, necessary to achieve reliable results. Therefore, the paper focuses on the crucial step of classifying continuous landslide conditioning factors for susceptibility modelling by presenting an innovative comprehensive analysis that resulted in 54 landslide susceptibility models to test 11 classification criteria (scenarios which vary from stretched values, partially stretched classes, heuristic approach, classification based on studentized contrast and landslide presence, and commonly used classification criteria, such as Natural Neighbor, Quantiles and Geometrical intervals) in combination with five statistical methods. The large scale landslide susceptibility models were derived for small and shallow landslides in the pilot area (21 km2) located in the City of Zagreb (Croatia), which occur mainly in soils and soft rocks. Some of the novelties in LSA are the following: scenarios using stretched landslide conditioning factor values or classification with more than 10 classes prove more reliable; certain statistical methods are more sensitive to the landslide conditioning factor classification criteria than others; all the tested machine learning methods give the best landslide susceptibility model performance using continuously stretched landslide conditioning factors derived from high-resolution input data. The research highlights the importance of qualitative assessments, alongside commonly used quantitative metrics, to verify spatial accuracy and to test the applicability of derived landslide susceptibility maps for spatial planning purposes.

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Marko Sinčić, Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Mauro Rossi, and Snježana Mihalić Arbanas

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on nhess-2024-29', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Mar 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Marko Sinčić, 09 Sep 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on nhess-2024-29', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Aug 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Marko Sinčić, 09 Sep 2024

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on nhess-2024-29', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Mar 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Marko Sinčić, 09 Sep 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on nhess-2024-29', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Aug 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Marko Sinčić, 09 Sep 2024
Marko Sinčić, Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Mauro Rossi, and Snježana Mihalić Arbanas
Marko Sinčić, Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Mauro Rossi, and Snježana Mihalić Arbanas

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The paper focuses on classifying continuous landslide conditioning factors for susceptibility modelling, which resulted in 54 landslide susceptibility models that tested 11 classification criteria in combination with five statistical methods. The novelty of the research is that using stretched landslide conditioning factor values results in models with higher accuracy and that certain statistical methods are more sensitive to the landslide conditioning factor classification criteria than others.
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