IM2LSC – Impact, Mechanism, Monitoring of Land Subsidence in Coastal Cities
Subsidence seriously threatens most coastal plains worldwide, where highly productive industrial and agricultural activities and urban centers are concentrated. Coastal subsidence damages infrastructure and exacerbates the effects of sea level rise on a regional scale. Although it is a well-known process, much improvement remains in monitoring, mapping, and modeling land movements, as well as in understanding the mechanisms controlling the process.
The International Geoscience Program has approved project IGCP 663, "Impact, Mechanism, Monitoring of Land Subsidence in Coastal Cities (IM2LSC)," with the aim of bringing together researchers from around the world to share expertise and experience studying subsidence processes in coastal plains and cities, with a particular focus on less developed countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Project leaders:
– Xuexin Yan, Leader, Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey, Shanghai, PR China.
– Luigi Tosi, co-Leader, National Research Council of Italy – Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Padova, Italy
– Esther Stouthamer, co-Leader, Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
– Heri Andreas, co-Leader, Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.