Geo-Informational Approach to Risk Analysis of Slope Mass
Movement
Sergii Babichev
1,2
, Tetiana V. Kril
3
, Stella B. Shekhunova
3
and Waldemar Wójcik
4
1
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem, Ceske mladeze, 8, Usti nad Labem, 40096, Czech Republic
2
Kherson State University, Universytetska st. 27, Kherson,73003, Ukraine
3
Institute of Geological Sciences, NAS of Ukraine, O. Honchara Str., 55-b, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
4
Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka Str., 38 D, Lublin, 20-618, Poland
Abstract
The assessment of the development of dangerous erosion and slope mass movement processes has
been done for the territory around Verhnie Vodiane and Solotvyno area (Transcarpathian region,
Ukraine). The risk analysis has been carried out with reliance on the evaluation of meteorological and
geomorphological factors. Remote sensing data have been processed using a geoinformation system
and a database of indicators such as slope steepness and Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI).
The risk matrix for analyzing slope mass movement was constructed. Risk gradation was assessed as the
percentage of recorded landslide areas with different ranges of meteorological and geomorphological
factors.
The indicator values with extreme risk of dangerous processes were determined.
It is shown that with an increase in the angle of slope steepness, a simultaneous increase in the NDMI
value indicates the possible development of landslides. The risk matrix obtained can be used to predict
the slope prone to mass movement for areas with a steepness of 5°40' to 24° and geological (lithological)
conditions similar to Quaternary deposits of alluvial, deluvial, eluvial-deluvial and deluvial-colluvial
genesis.
Keywords1
Risk analysis, GIS techniques, landslides, slope steepness, moisture index.
1. Introduction
Hazardous exogenous geological processes occurring on the slopes of river valleys, ravines and
gullies, mountain slopes and sea coasts in abnormal weather conditions (showers, snowfalls /
snowmelt, floods, storms) can be destructive, they threaten the lives and activities of people,
agriculture, create the risks of emergencies. The patterns of slope mass movement and erosion
CITRisk’2021: 2nd International Workshop on Computational & Information Technologies for Risk-Informed Systems, September
16–17, 2021, Kherson, Ukraine
EMAIL: sergii.babichev@ujep.cz (S.Babichev); kotkotmag@gmail.com (T.Kril); shekhun@gmail.com (S.Shekhunova);
waldemar.wojcik@pollub.pl (W.Wójcik)
ORCID: 0000-0001-6797-1467 (S.Babichev); 0000-0002-4324-9231 (T.Kril); 0000-0002-5975-3491 (S.Shekhunova); 0000-0002-
0843-8053 (W.Wójcik)
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