Integrated GIS and remote sensing analysis for landslide susceptibility mapping in Crete

  • Maria Kouli
  • , Pantelis Soupios
  • , Filippos Vallianatos

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

The Rethymnon Prefecture in the Crete Island, Greece, suffers from severe landslide phenomena due to its complicated geological structure with intensive tectonic fragmentation. This research applies the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method for landslide susceptibility analysis in the Potamon watershed located inside the Rethymnon Prefecture. The following landslide conditioning factors were selected: geological formations, slope angle, aspect, curvature, distance to faults, distance to roads, distance to rivers, land use types and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) extracted from a Landsat-ETM satellite image. A landslide susceptibility map is prepared on the basis of available digital data. The landslide susceptibility map is validated through the comparison of the results with the already documented landslides occurring in the study area. The results indicate that the predicted susceptibility map is in good agreement with the past landslide occurrences, and, therefore, the map is trustworthy for future land-use planning of the study watershed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSecond International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2014
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Print)9781628412765
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9229
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Keywords

  • Analytical hierarchy process
  • Potamon Watershed
  • landslides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Integrated GIS and remote sensing analysis for landslide susceptibility mapping in Crete'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this