Monitoring soil creep landsliding in an urban area using persistent scatterer interferometry (El Papiol, Catalonia, Spain)

Autor: Michele Crosetto, Núria Devanthéry, Ramon Copons, Oriol Monserrat, María Cuevas-González
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Landslides. 15:1317-1329
ISSN: 1612-5118
1612-510X
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-018-0965-5
Popis: Soil creep is characterised by slow displacement, with depths of a few meters and loosely defined limits. Buildings and infrastructure located on slopes affected by such landslides may suffer significant damages if their foundations are poorly dimensioned. The presence of soil creep in urban areas makes it necessary to develop landslide activity maps, derive hazard maps, and implement risk management plans. Even though both geological and geomorphological analyses can provide basic information, it is often necessary to use additional techniques to obtain information about ground displacements. This paper proposes a method to derive a soil creep activity map using a multi-approach analysis based on geological, geomorphological, and persistent scatterer interferometry (PSI) data. PSI is a satellite-based technique to estimate land displacement velocity. The work described in this paper was carried out in the town of El Papiol, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain). This is an urban area that has been heavily affected by soil creep over the past decades. The results achieved show that PSI data substantially improve the information provided by the geological and geomorphological analyses and make it possible to accurately define the landslide area and estimate its activity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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