Hazard Assessment of Debris Flows by Statistical Analysis and GIS in Central Taiwan

This paper aims to build an analytical process of assessing debris-flow hazards using multivariate analysis and geographic information system (GIS) techniques. The watershed of the Chen-Yu-Lan River is investigated in this study. Factors that are believed to be critical in the occurrence of debris f...

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Published inInternational Journal of Applied Science and Engineering Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 165 - 187
Main Authors Ping-Sien Lin, Ji-Yuan Lin, Shang-Yuh Lin, Jiunnren Lai
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published 台灣 朝陽科技大學理工學院 01.09.2006
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debris-flow
geographic information system
hazard assessment
multivariate analysis
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Summary:This paper aims to build an analytical process of assessing debris-flow hazards using multivariate analysis and geographic information system (GIS) techniques. The watershed of the Chen-Yu-Lan River is investigated in this study. Factors that are believed to be critical in the occurrence of debris flow are identified and considered in the assessment of debris-flow hazards. These factors used for assessing the debris-flow hazard are: (1) rock formation, (2) fault length, (3) naked-land area, (4) slope angle, (5) slope aspect, (6) stream slope, (7) watershed area, (8) form factor, and (9) cover and management factor. Using the spatial analysis feature of GIS, the indexes of these factors are calculated. By using principal component analysis (PCA) and discriminant analysis (DA) of all indexes according to each factor, the discriminant function of overall debris-flow hazard at any particular creek in the Chen-Yu-Lan River may be assessed. The applicability of the proposed approach for hazard assessment of debris-
ISSN:1727-2394