Landslide Susceptibility in Macedonia
Comparison of Global and Regional Models with Landslide Inventory
Team Members:
Joshua Green
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Advisors:
Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum
Dr. Thomas Stanley
Caroline Juang
Robert Emberson
Participants:
Joshua Green
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Advisors:
Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum
Dr. Thomas Stanley
Caroline Juang
Robert Emberson
Abstract:
Macedonia faces heightened susceptibility to frequent landslides as a result of significant erosion from weak regional geology and soil, scarce vegetation due to a semi-arid climate, and steep slopes given the dominant mountainous terrain.
This study examined differences in global and regional susceptibility mapping, in the context of Macedonia, by comparing the predictive factors used in the susceptibility models' raster functions as well as the distribution of observed landslide inventory events across risk zones.
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