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Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigations: Mapping, Monitoring and Forecasting

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "AI Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 2758

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School of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: landslide disaster monitoring and early warning; ecological environment quality assessment; geoscience statistics and spatial analysis

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School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Interests: failure mechanism of geological hazards; landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk mapping; machine learning; numerical simulation; remote sensing; geographic information system
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Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Interests: engineering geology; landslides; remote sensing; multitemporal InSAR; total station; GNSS; data analysis; early warning systems
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National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (CNR-IRPI), Via Cavour 4/6, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
Interests: geographic information systems (GIS); elaboration of UAV data; digital; terrain analysis; spatial analysis; detection and mapping of landslides; landslide susceptibility modeling; geomorphometry; soil erosion; soil Vis-NIR spectroscopy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As the most common geological disaster, landslides are harmful and destructive, and can have a serious impact on human lives and the safety of public facilities. For the purpose of assessing and managing landslides, landslide mapping, forecasting, and monitoring are extremely crucial. By analysing and quantifying the relationship between landslides and landslide-influencing factors, landslide-prone areas can be predicted, therefore avoiding the deaths and economic losses caused by landslide disasters. Remote sensing has become one of the most often used techniques for landslide investigations due to the quick development of earth observation technology.

For landslide investigations, optical, multi/hyperspectral, and InSAR, etc., are common forms of remote sensing, and the utilisation of InSAR technology has been shown to provide a high accuracy of surface deformation for the purpose of early warning and prevention against landslide disasters. Landslide mapping and forecasting is evaluated via determining the combination of factors that have the greatest impact on the occurrence of landslides after a detailed analysis of the landslide generation conditions; consequently, the possibility of landslides occurring in a given area can be estimated.

This Special Issue aims to share any new research and advancements in the field of remote sensing applications for landslide investigations. We invite authors to submit research papers in the following categories of landslide research, as well as other relevant areas:

  • Mapping and forecasting landslide hazards;
  • Identification and inventory of landslides;
  • Monitoring of landslide deformation.

Dr. Xueling Wu
Dr. Faming Huang
Prof. Dr. Diego Di Martire
Dr. Marco Mulas
Dr. Massimo Conforti
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Keywords

  • landslide susceptibility mapping
  • landslide monitoring
  • landslide forecasting
  • landslide hazard assessment
  • SBAS-InSAR
  • risk assessment

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Optimized Landslide Susceptibility Mapping and Modelling Using the SBAS-InSAR Coupling Model
by Xueling Wu, Xiaoshuai Qi, Bo Peng and Junyang Wang
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(16), 2873; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16162873 - 6 Aug 2024
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Abstract
Landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) can accurately estimate the location and probability of landslides. An effective approach for precise LSM is crucial for minimizing casualties and damage. The existing LSM methods primarily rely on static indicators, such as geomorphology and hydrology, which are closely [...] Read more.
Landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) can accurately estimate the location and probability of landslides. An effective approach for precise LSM is crucial for minimizing casualties and damage. The existing LSM methods primarily rely on static indicators, such as geomorphology and hydrology, which are closely associated with geo-environmental conditions. However, landslide hazards are often characterized by significant surface deformation. The Small Baseline Subset-Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SBAS-InSAR) technology plays a pivotal role in detecting and characterizing surface deformation. This work endeavors to assess the accuracy of SBAS-InSAR coupled with ensemble learning for LSM. Within this research, the study area was Shiyan City, and 12 static evaluation factors were selected as input variables for the ensemble learning models to compute landslide susceptibility. The Random Forest (RF) model demonstrates superior accuracy compared to other ensemble learning models, including eXtreme Gradient Boosting, Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting Decision Tree, and K-Nearest Neighbor. Furthermore, SBAS-InSAR was utilized to obtain surface deformation rates both in the vertical direction and along the line of sight of the satellite. The former is used as a dynamic characteristic factor, while the latter is combined with the evaluation results of the RF model to create a landslide susceptibility optimization matrix. Comparing the precision of two methods for refining LSM results, it was found that the method integrating static and dynamic factors produced a more rational and accurate landslide susceptibility map. Full article
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