Analysis of Changes in Landslide Susceptibility according to Land Use over 38 Years in Lixian County, China

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Jie Liu, Zhen Wu, Huiwen Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: land use change; landslide susceptibility partition; multitemporal; natural vegetation; human activities; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Bare Rock; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910858; https://doaj.org/article/148e30dde8ff43e48b0e2b45deff4325

Landslides occur frequently in Lixian County, China, and land use has changed significantly in recent decades. We obtained land use data for the years 1980, 2000, and 2018, as well as three landslide susceptibility maps from a Random Forest model. Agricultural land, low coverage grassland, water are...