Landslide hazard analysis for Hong Kong using landslide inventory and GIS

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Index

Abstract Geology and Climate of Hong Kong Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Conclusion

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Abstract

1. By using GIS and employing historical landslide data in Hong Kong to analyze where is the susceptible area.
2. There are four main categories we consider as our parameters : a. Terrain b. Geology c. Landslide d. Environment Each of those categories contains one or more GIS layers.

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Abstract
3. By using the "zonal statistics" and "raster calculator "we can obtain the correlation of each layer with the number of Landslide and the hazard map. 4. Combining the hazard map with "Exposure Index" we can obtain the risk map.

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Abstract Geology and Climate of Hong Kong Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Conclusion

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Geology and Climate of Hong Kong

(m) 554 532 501 494 479 439 436 433 433 430 340 284 269 253 140

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Geology and Climate of Hong Kong

3. Lithology : a. volcanic rock(tuff) b. intrusive rock(granite) 4. Deposit : a. weathered from volcanic rock b. the average thickness is 2m

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Geology and Climate of Hong Kong

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Abstract Geology and Climate of Hong Kong Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Conclusion

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Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Fatalities and injuries rate Facilities risk rate Landslide in different geological formations Frequency and volume relation of landslides Landslide inventory

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Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Diurnal distribution :

Landslides often occur during daytime from 7 till 18 oclock. The peak hour is at noontime.
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Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Seasonal distribution :

The average monthly rainfall correlates well with landslide occurrence . EXCEPT MAY!!! May has an abnormal high frequency of landslides from 1991 to 1992.
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Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Seasonal distribution :

We delete the data of MAY and re-plot the figure. Clearly! We can observe the correlation between rainfall and landslide.
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Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Fatalities and injuries rate Facilities risk rate Landslide in different geological formations Frequency and volume relation of landslides Landslide inventory

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Fatalities and injuries rate Cumulative casualties from 1948 till 1996 :

The total number of fatalities and injuries are 556 and 570. This data means that there are 23 casualties per year.
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Fatalities and injuries rate Cumulative casualties from 1948 till 1996 :

There are jumps in 1972. In recent year , the casualties have decreased to 8 due to the LPM program.
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Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Fatalities and injuries rate Facilities risk rate Landslide in different geological formations Frequency and volume relation of landslides Landslide inventory

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Facilities risk rate

Cumulative number of landslides facilities :

Double count of influences is allowed in our analysis.

In resent years , landslides hazard on squatter is dropping.
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Facilities risk rate

Cumulative number of landslides facilities :

Landslide hazard on road and footpath is increasing.

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Facilities risk rate

Percentage distribution of landslide on each facilities :

Only 1% of landslide hazards directly hit on cars.

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Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Fatalities and injuries rate Facilities risk rate Landslide in different geological formations Frequency and volume relation of landslides Landslide inventory

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Landslide in different geological formations

Percentage distribution of geological formation :

Volcanic formation : tuff. Igneous formation : granite. It is normally speculated that the occurrence of landslide should depend on the local geological formation.
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Landslide in different geological formations

Percentage distribution of landslide on soil types :

There seems no strong correlation between landslide occurrence and geological formation.

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Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Fatalities and injuries rate Facilities risk rate Landslide in different geological formations Frequency and volume relation of landslides Landslide inventory

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Frequency and volume relation of landslides Cumulative number of landslides per year & volume of landslide :

It is very unlikely that the data set for small events is complete.

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Frequency and volume relation of landslides

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Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Diurnal and seasonal distribution for landslides

Fatalities and injuries rate Facilities risk rate Landslide in different geological formations Frequency and volume relation of landslides Landslide inventory

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Landslide inventory Contour map and landslide data :

One way to generate hazard map is the use of historical data. We divide the Hong Kong map into square grids .
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Landslide inventory Contour map and landslide data :

Counting the number of landslides in each grid , using the curve to combine the grid with the same number.

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Landslide inventory Contour map and landslide occurrence :

The six levels of contour lines are : (1)0.25 (4)2 (2)0.75 (5)4 (3)1.25 (6)5
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Index

Abstract Geology and Climate of Hong Kong Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Conclusion

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Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard The limitation of the hazard map introduced just now is that only landslide data has been used in generate the map.

A useful hazard zonation map should also depend on other factors . Such as geology , geomorphology , hydrology , vegetation and climate.

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Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Before combining those parameters , we use zonal statistics in ArcGIS 8.2 to generate the correlation of any two layers.
These plots are useful for identifying the important parameters affecting landslide occurrence.

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Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Zonal Statistics Raster Calculator

Seven layers of information have been used in this analysis.

More layers can also be added to this hazard analysis if their correlations with landslide occurrences are clear and measurable. Page 34

Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

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Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

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Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

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Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

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Index

Abstract Geology and Climate of Hong Kong Comprehensively consider the landslide hazard

Using GIS to analyzing landslide hazard

Conclusion

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Conclusion ArcGIS makes the landslide risk analysis more efficiently and quickly.

There are things that we should bear in mind : a. Unreliable prediction on parameters can lead to misleading hazard estimation.
b. The Exposure Index we considered should be more comprehensive.

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Thank You For Listening

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