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In this work a methodology for preparing landslides susceptibility and hazard maps is presented, based in a bivariate analysis between past movements and determinant factors. The methodology for determining the susceptibility is an adaptation of the matrix method to a GIS, and it has been tested and validated in different zones and environments of Andalusia (southern Spain). The text also discusses the availability of information layers in Spanish SDI to developing these susceptibility maps. For the hazard evaluation, we propose a methodology of determining the susceptibility in different return periods from inventories of landslides that show activity in these considered periods. The activity was estimated from stereoscopic and monoscopic analysis of aerial photographs from different dates, using geological and geomorphic criteria, and the study of rainfall time series. Since all, four periods were considered in a logarithmic scale of 10 years (approximate return period of rainfall generating instability in the area), 100, 1000 and 10000 years. After determining the susceptibility, it was transformed into annual hazard dividing by the number of years of the return period. Finally, a total hazard map was obtained by determining at each point the maximum value of hazard of the different periods and it is expressed in several intervals.
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This work is supported by the ISTEGEO project RNM-06862 funded by the Andalusian Research Plan, National Research Plan project CGL2008.04854, and Research Groups TEP-213 and RNM-221 of Andalusian Research Plan.
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Fernández, T. et al. (2013). Methodology for Landslide Susceptibility and Hazard Mapping Using GIS and SDI. In: Zlatanova, S., Peters, R., Dilo, A., Scholten, H. (eds) Intelligent Systems for Crisis Management. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33218-0_14
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