Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Selection of Suitable Landslide Stabilization Method using DSS, Case Study Barikan Landslide

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors
Seyed Mahmood Fatemi Aghda 1
Jafar Ghayoumian 2
Ommolbanin Ataee 1
Mohammad Hadi Davoudi 2
Ali Akbar Nourouzi 2
1 Teacher Training university, Tehran, Iran
2 Soil Conservation & Watershed Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
In this research a DSS (Decision Support System) is presented for selection of a suitable method for landslide stabilization. The goal of the system is to propose the optimal landslide stabilization method. For this purpose, the main landslide stabilization methods, their limitations, and advantages were reviewed using several references and Iran’s landslide databank. Algorithms and final model were written, using a kind of DSS called ALES (Automated Land Evaluation System). The model developed in such a way that user can identify the most appropriate landslide characteristics. To verify the model, Barikan landslide characteristics were imported to the system. Surface and subsurface drainage was introduced as appropriate control alternatives for this landslide. These methods show good agreement with the results presented after detailed field investigation and analysis.
Keywords
Landslide
Landslide Stabilization Methods
Decision Support System
ALES Software
Barikan

Subjects

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Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences
Volume 14, Issue 56
Summer 2005, Vol. 12, No. 56
Summer 2005
Pages 84-93