naa a22 4500 510755925 CHVBK 20180411083122.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12594-013-0025-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12594-013-0025-7 Evaluation and comparison of GIS based landslide susceptibility mapping procedures in Kulekhani watershed, Nepal [Elektronische Daten] [Prabin Kayastha, Megh Dhital, Florimond De Smedt] The goal of this paper is to evaluate and compare the consistency of GIS-based heuristic and bivariate landslide susceptibility mapping techniques in the Himalayan region, taking the Kulekhani watershed of central Nepal as an example. For this purpose, a heuristic and two statistical bivariate landslide susceptibility mapping methods are applied, and three separate landslide susceptibility zonation maps are produced. The maps are compared using three approaches: landslide density analysis, success rate analysis, and agreed area analysis. A comparison of the values obtained from landslide density analysis and the curves of success rate analysis indicate that the two bivariate methods produce almost identical results, whereas the map produced with the heuristic method differs significantly from the others. On the other hand, the agreed area analysis highlights significant spatial differences in the maps obtained from the three methods. Although the three approaches evaluate the consistency of susceptibility maps, only the agreed area analysis is capable of spatially comparing them. Hence, this approach proves to be more suitable for spatially and quantitatively evaluating the consistency of various landslide susceptibility zonation maps. Geological Society of India, 2013 Landslide density nationallicence Success rate nationallicence Agreed area nationallicence Heuristic nationallicence Bivariate nationallicence Nepal nationallicence Himalaya nationallicence Kayastha Prabin Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium aut Dhital Megh Mountain Risk Engineering Unit, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal aut De Smedt Florimond Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium aut Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer-Verlag 81/2(2013-02-01), 219-231 0016-7622 81:2<219 2013 81 12594 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0025-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0025-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kayastha Prabin Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dhital Megh Mountain Risk Engineering Unit, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Smedt Florimond Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer-Verlag 81/2(2013-02-01), 219-231 0016-7622 81:2<219 2013 81 12594 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer