Landslide susceptibility mapping by binary logistic regression, analytical hierarchy process, and statistical index models and assessment of their performances

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 749-779

  Pourghasemi, H R ^a   Moradi, H R ^a   Fatemi Aghda, S M ^b,c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Housing and Urban Development Research Center) ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; Binary logistic regression; Iran; Landslide susceptibility mapping; North of Tehran; Statistical index

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; LOGISTICS; MAPPING METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NDVI; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN]; TEHRAN [TEHRAN (PRV)];

EID: 84884906184     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0728-5     Document Type: Article

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