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Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Averaged Weightage Score and GIS: A Case Study at Kuala Lumpur

Mahmud, A. R., Awad, A. and Billa, R.

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 21, Issue 2, July 2013

Keywords: Landslide, weightage score, GIS, Landsat data, susceptibility mapping, Kuala Lumpur

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Many residential areas of Kuala Lumpur are susceptible to landslides; this is seen in the frequency of landslide occurences in these areas. The objective of this study is to delineate landslide risk areas in support of development planning, monitoring and control of unstable areas. In this study, five landslide causative factors were extracted from satellite imagery and maps provided by the Geological Survey Department of Malaysia. Factors included in the study including land use, river density and lineament derived from Landsat ETM image, precipitation amount from rain gauge stations and lithology, were extracted from the geological map of the study area. Layers were analyzed and divided into subclasses. An average weightage score was applied to calculate the subclasses into percentage weights of influence on landslide. Overlay, geo-processing and geo-statistic techniques in GIS were used to discriminate these weighted subclasses into landslide susceptibility at low, medium and high levels of risk areas. Results showed very high susceptible areas covering 0.21% of Kuala Lumpur of which 5.02% were found in the highly urbanized areas. Meanwhile, a landslide susceptibility map was generated to show low, medium and high susceptible areas in Kuala Lumpur. Results were verified using recorded cases of landslides in Kuala Lumpur which showed a 77% agreement with the study.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JST-0347-2011

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