Assistant professor Sanja Bernat Gazibara held a poster presentation on a EUROENGEO 2024 conference in Dubrovnik

On a 4th European Regional Conference of IAEG 2024 in Dubrovnik, held from 8th to 12th October, assistant professor Bernat Gazibara held a poster presentation entitled: „Large-scale landslide susceptibility zonation: classification methods and influence on a further application in spatial planning system“ (authors Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Iva Štefičar, Marko Sinčić, Martin Krkač, Snježana Mihalić Arbanas).

The scientific research compares eight classification methods for susceptitibility maps. The susceptibility assesment was developed using 5×5 meter pixels and the random forests method in Hrvatsko zagorje pilot area. The research showed that the classification based on ROC curve results in the susceptibility zones which are most beneficial to sustainable spatial planning in large scale, i.e. for application on a local level. It was concluded that the stated classification method has a high landslide density of landslides in a very high susceptibility zone. Lastly, as a precondition for a successful landslide susceptibility assesment a representative and reliable landslide inventory based on LiDAR is needed.