FSLAM: A QGIS plugin for fast regional susceptibility assessment of rainfall-induced landslides

Shallow slope failures triggered by rainfall commonly pose considerable risks in mountainous areas. In order to delineate areas where landslides are more prone to occur within a region, we have designed and developed a Python QGIS plugin named Fast Shallow Landslide Assessment Model (FSLAM). The plu...

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Autores: Guo, Zizheng, Torra i Truncal, Ona, Hurlimann Ziegler, Marcel|||0000-0003-0119-1438, Abanco Martínez de Arenzana, Claudia|||0000-0002-2169-5409, Medina Iglesias, Vicente César de|||0000-0001-5578-3848
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/367604
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/367604
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105354
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Landslides
Landslide susceptibility
Python
QGIS plugin
Rainfall
Runoff
Esllavissades
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Mecànica de sòls
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Sumario:Shallow slope failures triggered by rainfall commonly pose considerable risks in mountainous areas. In order to delineate areas where landslides are more prone to occur within a region, we have designed and developed a Python QGIS plugin named Fast Shallow Landslide Assessment Model (FSLAM). The plugin integrates a simplified hydrological model and a geotechnical model based on the infinite slope theory and contains two principal modules: runoff and slope stability modelling. It can output up to 15 raster maps describing the hydrological and stability conditions in a short computational time. Firstly, we explain the design of graphical user interface and the elements of the plugin. Then, the Berguedà area in NE Spain is used as case study to present the procedure of the plugin application. The results show that the accuracy of landslide susceptibility assessment performed by FSLAM-plugin is high and the computing time is only a few minutes.