Landslide identification and classification by object-based image analysis and fuzzy logic: An example from the Azdavay region (Kastamonu, Turkey)

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-98

  Aksoy, Beliz ^a   Ercanoglu, Murat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Landslide; Object based image analysis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DATA-DRIVEN; DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY OPERATORS; GRAY LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX; IMAGE OBJECTS; INFRARED BANDS; INPUT PARAMETER; LANDSAT ETM+; LANDSLIDE IDENTIFICATION; MULTIRESOLUTION SEGMENTATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SHAPE INDICES; SLOPE ANGLES; STUDY AREAS;

FUZZY SET THEORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDSLIDES; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

FUZZY LOGIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSLIDE; MATRIX; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BLACK SEA COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 82455162393     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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