Since the occurrence of landslide is affected by many different spatial and climatic factors such as geology, geomorphology, vegetation and rainfall, it is difficult to predict and assess its hazard. Therefore, several researches have been carried out...
Since the occurrence of landslide is affected by many different spatial and climatic factors such as geology, geomorphology, vegetation and rainfall, it is difficult to predict and assess its hazard. Therefore, several researches have been carried out, especially based on Geographic Information System(GIS). However, the GIS techniques used in many previous studies consider only the statistics of occurrence and the related factors, not the mechanical analysis of the failure mechanism.
The objective of this study is to suggest an assessment method for landslide susceptibility in regional area using GIS and Monte Carlo Simulation(MCS) which is commonly used as a probabilistic analysis. Boeun in Chungcheongbuk-do was selected as the study area. And its spatial data were obtained to construct the spatial database for input data. The geotechnical parameters for susceptibility assessment of landslide were obtained from field and analyzed to minimize the intrinsic uncertainties. The cohesion and internal friction angle were considered as random variables and their probability characteristics were obtained from field samples. Then using MCS, the probability of failure for each grid was evaluated instead of safety factor.
From the results of the susceptibility assessment of landslide, when the criteria is set as 5% for the probability of failure in landslide, the analysis provides an appropriate result comparing to field conditions. However, as the criteria is increased, the accuracy of results is decreased. In addition, as the coefficients of variation for random variables are increased, the degree of prediction accuracy is also increased. That is, 30% of the coefficient of variation is appropriate to improve the reliability and reduce the uncertainties if field data are not available.
The assessment results for susceptibility of landslide were applied to Boeun area and checked its feasibility. Since MCS technique effectively deals with uncertainties and random properties of input parameters, the probabilistic analysis shows more accurate results than conventional deterministic analysis methods. Moreover, It can be effectively utilized any region where the GIS data were established using MCS module presented here.