Analysis of landslides in Peru based on satellite images to identify danger zones

Avid Roman-Gonzalez, Brian Meneses-Claudio, Natalia I. Vargas-Cuentas

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Abstract

In Peru, many families are affected by landslides, whether due to an earthquake, heavy rains, the existence of wetlands, or for other reasons. But the primary cause of families being affected by these facts is that many villages settle and build their homes in areas of landslide risk, mainly due to ignorance that these areas were causes of rivers in earlier times. Due to this situation, in this work, we propose the use of satellite images, both optical and radar for the identification of risk areas. The idea is to use image processing techniques based on the calculation of indices, change detection, temporal space analysis to identify zones with the possibility of a landslide in Peruvian regions. With the obtained results, it is expected that the inhabitants become aware of the hazard they are in and that the authorities can make the best decisions.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume2018-October
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event69th International Astronautical Congress: #InvolvingEveryone, IAC 2018 - Bremen, Germany
Duration: 1 Oct 20185 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Change detection
  • NDVI
  • Natural disasters
  • Optical images
  • Sentinel-1

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