Potential landslides risk assessment based on remote sensing technique-a cause study from Dorset, southern England, United Kingdom

Shumeng Chen

doi:10.54097/hset.v44i.7393

Authors

Shumeng Chen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/hset.v44i.7393

Keywords:

risk assessment, remote sensing, landslide, geological hazards.

Abstract

This paper presents a method of potential landslide risk assessment from the Dorset Southern England, United Kingdom. It concentrated on potential geological hazards and vulnerability to build a quantitative landslide risk framework in Dorset. In this study, the landslides risk assessment is centered on three components: identification of risks, calculation of risks, and evaluation of risks. Therefore, different natural environmental situations were collected using a large set of optical high-resolution satellite images and remote sensing to determine the probability of landslide occurrence and provide the quantitative model by combining the remote sensing technique. The result shows Dorset area risk level is high. The possibility of landslides mainly comes from natural conditions and human actions. The calculation of the possibility of potential landslides is based on the Bayes’ theorem. Moreover, the limitation of the probability potential risk calculation is insensitivity. The challenge is related to the temporal resolution of precipitation information.

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