Gis in studying slope failure in Penang: challenges and potential
Geographic Information System (GIS) is an information system that is used to store, display, analyse and manipulate spatial data. Geographic information system (GIS) can help users to visualise, question, analyse, and interpret data to understand patterns, trends, and relationships. GISbased maps...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/35097/1/PPIK19.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/35097/ |
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| Summary: | Geographic Information System (GIS) is an information system that is used to store,
display, analyse and manipulate spatial data. Geographic information system (GIS) can help users to
visualise, question, analyse, and interpret data to understand patterns, trends, and relationships. GISbased
maps and visualizations have greatly assisted understanding of situations. In recent years, slope
failure hazard assessment has played an important role in developing land utilisation planning aimed
at minimizing the loss of lives and damages to property. There are various GIS-based slope failure
studies that involve many approaches. These approaches can be classified into qualitative factor
overlay, geotechnical process models, and statistical models. At present, not many studies have
satisfactorily studied the integration of these models with GIS to map slope failure. This paper deals
with several aspects of landslide by presenting a focused review of GIS-based slope failure hazard
zone. The paper starts with a framework for GIS-based study of slope failure, followed by a critical
review of the state-of-the-art applications of GIS and digital elevation models (DEM) for mapping
and modelling landslide hazards. The paper ends with a description of an integrated system for
effective landslide hazard zonation. The adoption of a GIS-based framework for knowledge discovery
allows designers to identify the suitability of development within certain areas. The usage of GIS can
be beneficial in various fields, including the issue of slope failure. Moreover, GIS is also beneficial to
organisations of all sizes and in virtually every industry. GIS is important in understanding what is
happening and forecasting future trend in a geographic space. |
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