Land use/land cover controls and neighborhood signatures of landslide hazards in a mountainous urban region of China
摘要
Understanding how land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics influence landslide hazards is crucial for mountainous urban regions experiencing rapid landscape disturbance. This study integrates multi-year LULC datasets (2017–2024), neighborhood-scale spatial analysis, landslide inventories, machine-learning–based susceptibility modeling, and LULC transition-path analysis to clarify their interactions in Lin’an District, China. Results show that landslide-prone locations consistently exhibit reduced tree cover and increased Built-up areas and Rangeland before failure. Incorporating LULC information (2018) significantly improved the 2019 landslide susceptibility model, with 10-fold cross-validation confirming higher and more stable AUC values compared with the baseline model. SHAP analysis identified Built-up areas, Farmland, and elevation as major contributors, while tree cover suppressed susceptibility; these interpretations were validated independently through field surveys. LULC transition matrices further revealed a characteristic evolutionary sequence—Disturbance → Degradation → Reconstruction—linking forest loss, slope damage, and post-event human modification. The findings highlight the dominant role of LULC transitions in landslide development and demonstrate the value of integrating land use/land cover change (LULCC) monitoring with susceptibility modelling for sustainable hazard management.