Research Article

Landslide Occurrence Prediction Using Trainable Cascade Forward Network and Multilayer Perceptron

Table 1

Landslide causative factor’s ranges and ratio.

FactorsClassArea (pixels)Ratio
Total areaLandslide occurrence areaTotal areaLandslide occurrence

Elevation (meter)0–7966410991090255.2%15.85%
80–15913908481302611.56%18.94%
160–2391186046121819.86%17.71%
240–31988242696877.33%14.08%
320–39960828184915.06%12.34%
400–47944992769003.74%10.03%
480–55939107644613.25%6.49%
>56048149031384%4.56%

Slope angle (degree)0–76318295610052.52%8.87%
8–1515157461251212.6%18.19%
16–2320031381976916.65%28.74%
24–3114901721950412.39%28.35%
32–3955460385374.61%12.41%
40–4712129318251.01%2.65%
>485395390.23%0.78%

Slope aspect (degree)North81104078196.74%11.37%
North-East980909114908.15%16.70%
East99643190818.28%13.20%
South-East72312675156.01%10.93%
South79641071646.62%10.41%
South-West90335397717.51%14.20%
West95863186577.97%12.59%
North-west65446352175.44%7.58%
Flat52066830207243.28%3.01%

General curvatureConvex29923603571724.86%51.92%
Concave31481492689426.17%39.10%
Flat5890684617548.97%8.98%

Profile curvatureConvex30980902603025.75%37.84%
Concave28869833601423.99%52.35%
Flat6046120674250.999.80%

Plan curvatureConvex3613293177930.18%46.19%
Concave25949773128121.56%45.47%
Flat5804887572648.26%8.30%

Land coverForest, bush, swam61128375219550.81%75.88%
Vegetation16174101095113.44%15.92%
Transport89478922887.44%3.33%
Settlement147690740412.28%0.59%
Cemetery13838914421.15%2.1%
Mining3193100.27%0.0%
Industry192485131.6%0.019%
Government
institution
1566251771.3%0.26%
Public facility2174921551.18%0.23%
Plains, hills303211501 2.51%0.73%
Buildings2432700.2%0%
Religious area419451590.35%0.23%
Business20559501.71%0%
Sea, lake, river2676654302.22%0.63%
Public utility56358710.47%0.1%
Livestock8114100.67%0%
Education21208501.76%0%

Vegetation coverForest, plant, Bush54414335114845.23%74.36%
Swamp4127789603.43%1.4%
Mixed farms258984802.15%0.12%
Fruit farm14551416831.21%2.45%
Oil farm96830190238.05%13.12%
Sugarcane17667801.47%0%
Vegetable15600.0013%0%
Farm55599870.46%0.13%
Coconut7915600.66%0.0%
Pineapple8100.00067%0.0%
Paddy12626301.05%0.0%
Rubber224100.019%0.0%
Others653382080.54%0.3%
None4298671559735.73%8.14%

Distance from fault line0–10064137971645.33%10.41%
101–20065175034275.42%4.98%
201–30064386019395.35%2.82%
301–40063714542725.30%6.21%
401–50063056257155.24%8.31%
501–60061152847565.08%6.92%
601–70058889156714.89%8.24%
701–80054970048554.57%7.06%
801–90051117960904.25%8.85%
9001–100045799535933.81%5.22%
>100061072042129850.76%30.96%

Distance from road0–493807202586331.64%8.52%
50–99104466520568.68%2.99%
100–14974837433246.22%4.83%
150–19959800530534.97%4.44%
200–24950454632674.19%4.75%
250–29944054733683.66%4.9%
300–34938970937873.24%5.51%
350–39935422241522.94%6.04%
400–44932806828052.73%4.08%
>45038158553711131.72%53.95%

Distance from drainage0–4942290764193135.15%60.96%
50–9922148511171118.41%17.03%
100–1491497866686412.45%9.98%
150–19998056239808.15%5.79%
200–24964336719435.35%2.82%
250–29945519910033.78%1.46%
300–3493449505862.87%0.85%
350–3992748245172.28%0.75%
400–4492247312051.87%0.30%
>4501165767469.69%0.07%

GeologyMuka head microgranite17402414311.45%2.08%
Feringgi, granite23433212293119.48%33.34%
Tanjung
Bunga granite
27514581929222.87%28.05%
Sungai area
granite
3189095002.65%0.73%
Batu Maung
granite
33598962436527.93%35.42%
Clay, sand, granite308358526725.630.39%

Soil textureSand13350601.11%0.00%
Sandy clay4438595053.69%0.74%
Loam65359576712654.33%97.59%
Sandy loam160630379013.351.15%
Silty clay332707552.77%0.08%
Urban land297886130924.76%0.45%

Rain precipitation2254–2319.8853988490.71%1.23%
2319.9–2379.354990015714.57%2.28%
2379.4–2433.214891921085012.38%15.77%
2433.3–2481.928155731663223.4%24.18%
2481.0–2535.83202204681526.62%9.91%
2535.9–2595.830038422283224.97%33.19%
2595.9–2661.155976266174.65%9.61%
2661.2–2722.822757017551.89%2.55%
2733.9–2903977528650.81%1.26%