Assessment of landslide susceptibility using multivariate logistic regression: A case study in southern Japan

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-192

  Wang, H B ^a,b   Sassa, K ^b   Xu, W Y ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems; Landslides; Logistic regression; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; JAPAN; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LANDSLIDE; LOGISTICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 36148937084     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.13.2.183     Document Type: Article

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