Advances and practices on the research, prevention and control of land subsidence in coastal cities
X. Yan, T. Yang, Y. Xu, J. Lin, H. Huang
Key Laboratory of Land Subsidence Monitoring and Prevention, Ministry of Nature Resources
of China, Shanghai, China
L. Tosi
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, National Research Council, Padova, Italyo
E. Stouthamer, P. Minderhoud
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
H. Andreas
Geodesy Research Division, Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
G. Erkens
Deltares Research Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
P. Teatini
Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
R. Boni', C. Meisina, F. Zucca
Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept. University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
J. Chimpalee
Department of Groundwater Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
C. Da Lio
Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Venice, Italy
Land subsidence severely threatens most of the coastal plains around the world where i
high productive industrial and agricultural activities and urban centers are concentrated.
Coastal subsidence damages infrastructures and exacerbates the effect of the sea-level rise
at regional scale. Although it is a well-known process, there is still much more to be
improved on the monitoring, mapping and modeling of ground movements, as well as the
understanding of controlling mechanisms. The International Geoscience Programme recently
approved an international project (IGCP 663) aiming to bring together worldwide researchers
to share expertise on subsidence processes typically occurring in coastal areas and cities,
including basic research, monitoring and observation, modelling and management. In this paper,
we provide the research communities and potential stakeholders with the basic information to
join the participating teams in developing this project. Specifically, major advances on coastal
subsidence studies and information on well-known and new case studies of land subsidence in China,
Italy, The Netherlands, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are highlighted and summarized.
Meanwhile, the networking, dissemination, annual meeting and field trip are briefly introduced.
