Publication details
Landslide susceptibility mapping along the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway using machine learning
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | In the Himalayan region, landslides are considered one of the most common natural disasters. The study area for this study is a 2 km buffer along the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway in Bhutan, which is a part of Asian Highway 48. In this study, machine learning was adopted which allows relatively precise predictions to be made by providing accurate and reliable data. Of the numerous methods available for machine learning, two methods, i.e., random forest (RF) and logistic regression (LR) have been selected for this paper. Slope, aspect, geology, land cover, precipitation, distance from the drainage, distance from the road, TPI, TRI, Elevation, and surface roughness were the parameters selected for the study area. The two methods are validated and compared using the ROC and (AUC). The RF method performed slightly better than the LR method with an AUC of 0.91 and LR of 0.86. |