AUTHOR=Li Y. , Wang Y. H. , Wu Q. H. , Gu X. B. TITLE=The risk assessment of landslide hazards in the Badong section of Three Gorges using the variable fuzzy set theory JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics VOLUME=10 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.1006840 DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.1006840 ISSN=2296-424X ABSTRACT=

The risk assessment of landslide hazards has a tremendous influence on people’s lives and property safety; therefore, its investigation is significant. The stratigraphic lithology, degree of weathering, relationship between the structural plane and slope direction, cohesive force, angle of internal friction, severity, average slope degree, height of slope, and type of landslide are adopted as the evaluation factors first. Second, an assessment model is developed based on the variable fuzzy set theory. In addition, the proposed model is utilized to assess the landslide hazards in the Badong section of Three Georges in China. Finally, the results demonstrate that the results derived from the proposed model are consistent with the current specifications; the accuracy rate reaches 83%. The method can determine the risk level of landslide hazards and provide an alternative scheme. Hence, this study can accurately present a new approach for assessing landslide hazards in the future.