Deep learning can extract complex and high-dimensional characteristic information with its deep structure, effectively exploring the complex relationship between landslides and their numerous influencing factors, and ultimately, more accurately predict future landslide disasters. This study builds a landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) method based on deep learning, compares the frequency ratio (FR) sampling method with a buffer random sampling method, and performs resampling operations of landslide and non-landslide samples to explore the applicability of deep learning in LSM. In addition, six indices, precision, accuracy, recall, ROC, and the harmonic mean F1 of accuracy and recall were selected for quantitative comparison. The results show that both the resampling method proposed in this paper and the non-landslide sample selection method based on FR can significantly improve the accuracy of the model, with the area under curve (AUC) increasing by 1.34–8.82% and 3.98–7.20%, respectively, and the AUC value can be improved by 5.32–9.66% by combining the FR selection and resampling methods. Furthermore, all the deep learning models constructed in this study can obtain accurate and reliable landslide susceptibility analysis results compared to traditional models.

The scarcity of landslide samples poses a critical challenge, impeding the broad application of machine learning techniques in landslide susceptibility assessment (LSA). To address this issue, this study introduces a novel approach leveraging a deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN) for data augmentation aimed at enhancing the efficacy of various machine learning methods in LSA, including support vector machines (SVMs), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and residual neural networks (ResNets). Experimental results present substantial enhancements across all three models, with accuracy improved by 2.18%, 2.57%, and 5.28%, respectively. In-depth validation based on large landslide image data demonstrates the superiority of the DCGAN-ResNet, achieving a remarkable landslide prediction accuracy of 91.31%. Consequently, the generation of supplementary samples via the DCGAN is an effective strategy for enhancing the performance of machine learning models in LSA, underscoring the promise of this methodology in advancing early landslide warning systems in western Sichuan.

Landslide susceptibility assessment (LSA) plays a crucial role in disaster prevention and mitigation. Traditional random selection of non-landslide samples (labeled as 0) suffers from poor representativeness and high randomness, which may include potential landslide areas and affect the accuracy of LSA. To address this issue, this study proposes a novel Landslide Susceptibility Index–based Semi-supervised Fuzzy C-Means (LSI-SFCM) sampling strategy combining membership degrees. It utilizes landslide and unlabeled samples to map landslide membership degree via Semi-supervised Fuzzy C-Means (SFCM). Non-landslide samples are selected from low-membership regions and assigned membership values as labels. This study developed three models for LSA—Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), U-Net, and Support Vector Machine (SVM), and compared three negative sample sampling strategies: Random Sampling (RS), SFCM (samples labeled 0), and LSI-SFCM. The results demonstrate that the LSI-SFCM effectively enhances the representativeness and diversity of negative samples, improving the predictive performance and classification reliability. Deep learning models using LSI-SFCM performed with superior predictive capability. The CNN model achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 95.52% and a prediction rate curve value of 0.859. Furthermore, compared with the traditional unsupervised fuzzy C-means (FCM) clustering, SFCM produced a more reasonable distribution of landslide membership degrees, better reflecting the distinction between landslides and non-landslides. This approach enhances the reliability of LSA and provides a scientific basis for disaster prevention and mitigation authorities.