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This study aims to develop a machine-learning approach for predicting landslide areas in the Tsengwen River Watershed (TRW), which is one of the most landslide-prone areas in Central Taiwan. Various spatial datasets were collected from 2009 to 2015 to derive 36 predictive variables used for landslide modeling with random forests (RF). The results of landslide prediction, compared with ground reference data, indicated an overall accuracy of 91.4% and Kappa coefficient of 0.83, respectively. The findings achieved from estimates of predictor importance also indicated to officials that the land-use\/land-cover (LULC) type, distance to previous landslides, distance to roads, bank erosion, annual groundwater recharge, geological line density, aspect, and slope are the most influential factors that trigger landslides in the study region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13020199","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,10]],"date-time":"2021-01-10T23:03:42Z","timestamp":1610319822000},"page":"199","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Random Forests for Landslide Prediction in Tsengwen River Watershed, Central Taiwan"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3828-8591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Youg-Sin","family":"Cheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan"},{"name":"Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan City 320, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Teng-To","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8428-6488","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nguyen-Thanh","family":"Son","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan City 320, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"CRED and UNDRR (2020). 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