Assessment of Risks of Regional Shallow Slope Failures

Assessment of Risks of Regional Shallow Slope Failures

Chen, H.X.
Zhang, L.M.

2015-10-14

Shallow slope failures are one of the most frequent geological hazards in mountainous areas, which pose great danger to people and properties in affected areas. This paper presents a cell-based platform for quantitative risk assessment for shallow slope failures at a regional scale. There are five components in this platform; namely, a digital terrain module, a spatial rainfall distribution module, a slope stability and reliability evaluation module, a movement prediction module, and a risk assessment module. The locations and volumes of the slope failures are estimated using the slope stability and reliability evaluation module. The movement prediction module is used to predict the potential movement traces of the detached material, which moves along the steepest path. The risks of the slope failures are finally assessed using the risk assessment module, which can be used as an indicator for early warning. The vulnerability of a person to slope failure is determined by the volume of slope failure and angle of reach. The platform is applied to a 164.5 km2 hilly terrain in the Wenchuan earthquake zone to test its performance in quantitative risk assessment for regional shallow slope failures. The platform evaluates the risks of shallow slope failures at a regional scale efficiently.

Wenchuan earthquake
landslide
slope failure
runout distance
risk assessment

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https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-580-7-250

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