Subsidence induced by urbanisation in the city of Rome detected by advanced InSAR technique and geotechnical investigations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3160-3172

  Stramondo, S ^a   Bozzano, F ^b   Marra, F ^a   Wegmuller, U ^c   Cinti, F R ^a   Moro, M ^a   Saroli, M ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced InSAR; Geotechnical investigation; IPTA; Urban subsidence

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBAN PLANNING;

ADVANCED INSAR; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION; URBAN SUBSIDENCE;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BUILDING; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; ENVISAT-1; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; INTERFEROMETER; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 43949130710     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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