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A GIS method for landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping in the Río El Estado watershed, Pico de Orizaba volcano, México

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In volcanic terrains, dormant stratovolcanoes are very common and can trigger landslides and debris flows continually along stream systems, thereby affecting human settlements and economic activities. It is important to assess their potential impact and damage through the use of landslide inventory maps and landslide models. In Mexico, numerous geographic information systems (GIS)-based applications have been used to represent and assess slope stability. However, there is no practical and standardized landslide mapping methodology under a GIS. This work provides an overview of the ongoing research project from the Institute of Geography at the National Autonomous University of Mexico that seeks to conduct a multi-temporal landslide inventory and produce a landslide susceptibility map by using GIS. The Río El Estado watershed on the southwestern flank of Pico de Orizaba volcano, the highest mountain in Mexico, is selected as a study area. The geologic and geomorphologic factors in combination with high seasonal precipitation, high degree of weathering, and steep slopes predispose the study area to landslides. The method encompasses two main levels of analysis to assess landslide susceptibility. First, the project aims to derive a landslide inventory map from a representative sample of landslides using aerial orthophotographs and field work. Next, the landslide susceptibility is modelled by using multiple logistic regression implemented in a GIS platform. The technique and its implementation of each level in a GISs-based technology is presented and discussed.

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The authors thank authorities from the Department of Geology at the University of Buffalo, the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Forest Practices Division, the WA-DNR Geology and Earth Resources Division and the Geo-Spatial Analysis Laboratory from the Institute of Geography, UNAM for their approval and help. This research was supported by the program of Ciencia Básica SEP-CONACYT Grant # 167495 and the International Programme on Landslides (IPL).

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  1. Laboratorio de Análisis Geo-espacial, Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico, DF, Mexico

    Gabriel Legorreta Paulín

  2. Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA

    Marcus Bursik

  3. Departamento de Geografía Física, Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico

    José Lugo Hubp & Fernando Aceves Quesada

  4. California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), Sacramento, CA, USA

    Luis Mario Paredes Mejía

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Legorreta Paulín, G., Bursik, M., Hubp, J.L. et al. A GIS method for landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping in the Río El Estado watershed, Pico de Orizaba volcano, México. Nat Hazards 71, 229–241 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0911-8

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