Discriminant analysis as an efcient method for landslide susceptibility assessment in cities with the scarcity of predisposition data.
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2021
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The city of Ouro Preto, which is located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, has a long
history of mass movements infuenced by the regional geology, geomorphology, and
anthropic activities, which have resulted in harmful consequences to the population. How-
ever, most of the studies conducted in the region are qualitative and are directly dependent
on the experience specialists. The aim of this study was to analyse the landslide suscepti-
bility in the urban region of Ouro Preto quantitatively by using discriminant analysis. The
landslide inventory was obtained by using unmanned aerial vehicle images and feldwork.
ArcGIS 10.6 and R 3.5.1 software were used, and the following landslide predisposing fac-
tors were considered: slope angle, slope aspect, profle curvature, and topographic wetness
index (TWI). As geological and geotechnical data are still scarce in the interior of Brazil,
we only used data derived from topography to determine the efectiveness of these factors
for analysing landslide susceptibility. The slope angle proved to be the factor that most
diferentiated unstable from stable terrain, followed by TWI. The other parameters were
not as efective in diferentiating the stability conditions. The model efciency was 88.6%,
the specifcity was 93.3%, and the sensitivity was 85.0%. Also, the prediction and success
curve were used to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed landslides model, by using the
area under the curve (AUC) criteria. It was shown that the AUC values 0.851 for testing
and 0.838 for training indicate that the developed model provides an excellent prediction. The main contribution of this work is the demonstration of the efectiveness of using easily accessible data (derived from topography) for analysing landslide susceptibility with amultivariate statistical method. This method can contribute valuable information to urban planning eforts in cities without the need for robust data.
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Topographical factors, Ouro Preto
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EIRAS, C. G. S. et al. Discriminant analysis as an efcient method for landslide susceptibility assessment in cities with the scarcity of predisposition data. Natural Hazards, v. 107, p. 1427-1442, 2021. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-021-04638-4>. Acesso em: 29 abr. 2022.