Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions
Non-climate-related anthropogenic processes and frequently encountered natural hazards exacerbate the risk in coastal zones and megacities and amplify local vulnerability. Coastal risk is amplified by the combination of sea level rise (SLR) resulting from climate change, associated tidal evolution,...
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| author | Qing Zhao Jiayi Pan Adam Devlin Qing Xu Maochuan Tang Zhengjie Li Virginia Zamparelli Francesco Falabella Pietro Mastro Antonio Pepe |
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| description | Non-climate-related anthropogenic processes and frequently encountered natural hazards exacerbate the risk in coastal zones and megacities and amplify local vulnerability. Coastal risk is amplified by the combination of sea level rise (SLR) resulting from climate change, associated tidal evolution, and the local sinking of land resulting from anthropogenic and natural hazards. In this framework, the authors of this investigation have actively contributed to the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Dragon IV initiative through a project (ID. 32294) that was explicitly designed to address the issue of monitoring coastal and delta river regions through Earth Observation (EO) technologies. The project’s primary goals were to provide a complete characterization of the changes in target scenes over time and provide estimates of future regional sea level changes to derive submerged coastal areas and wave fields. Suggestions are also provided for implementing coastal protection measures in order to adapt and mitigate the multifactor coastal vulnerability. In order to achieve these tasks, well-established remote sensing technologies based on the joint exploitation of multi-spectral information gathered at different spectral wavelengths, the exploitation of advanced Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) techniques for the retrieval of ground deformations, the realization of geophysical analyses, and the use of satellite altimeters and tide gauge data have effectively been employed. The achieved results, which mainly focus on selected sensitive regions including the city of Shanghai, the Pearl River Delta in China, and the coastal city of Saint Petersburg in Europe, provide essential assets for planning present and future scientific activities devoted to monitoring such fragile environments. These analyses are crucial for assessing the factors that will amplify the vulnerability of low-elevation coastal zones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85124496678f4a63bd738719f7deac402023-11-22T11:08:47ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922021-08-011317343110.3390/rs13173431Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River RegionsQing Zhao0Jiayi Pan1Adam Devlin2Qing Xu3Maochuan Tang4Zhengjie Li5Virginia Zamparelli6Francesco Falabella7Pietro Mastro8Antonio Pepe9Key Laboratory of Geographical Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaKey Lab of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research of Ministry of Education, Nanchang 330022, ChinaKey Lab of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research of Ministry of Education, Nanchang 330022, ChinaCollege of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geographical Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geographical Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), Italian National Research Council, 328, Diocleziano, 80124 Napoli, ItalyInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), Italian National Research Council, 328, Diocleziano, 80124 Napoli, ItalySchool of Engineering, The University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, ItalyInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), Italian National Research Council, 328, Diocleziano, 80124 Napoli, ItalyNon-climate-related anthropogenic processes and frequently encountered natural hazards exacerbate the risk in coastal zones and megacities and amplify local vulnerability. Coastal risk is amplified by the combination of sea level rise (SLR) resulting from climate change, associated tidal evolution, and the local sinking of land resulting from anthropogenic and natural hazards. In this framework, the authors of this investigation have actively contributed to the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Dragon IV initiative through a project (ID. 32294) that was explicitly designed to address the issue of monitoring coastal and delta river regions through Earth Observation (EO) technologies. The project’s primary goals were to provide a complete characterization of the changes in target scenes over time and provide estimates of future regional sea level changes to derive submerged coastal areas and wave fields. Suggestions are also provided for implementing coastal protection measures in order to adapt and mitigate the multifactor coastal vulnerability. In order to achieve these tasks, well-established remote sensing technologies based on the joint exploitation of multi-spectral information gathered at different spectral wavelengths, the exploitation of advanced Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) techniques for the retrieval of ground deformations, the realization of geophysical analyses, and the use of satellite altimeters and tide gauge data have effectively been employed. The achieved results, which mainly focus on selected sensitive regions including the city of Shanghai, the Pearl River Delta in China, and the coastal city of Saint Petersburg in Europe, provide essential assets for planning present and future scientific activities devoted to monitoring such fragile environments. These analyses are crucial for assessing the factors that will amplify the vulnerability of low-elevation coastal zones.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/17/3431ground subsidencesea level rise (SLR)flooding riskdelta regions |
| spellingShingle | Qing Zhao Jiayi Pan Adam Devlin Qing Xu Maochuan Tang Zhengjie Li Virginia Zamparelli Francesco Falabella Pietro Mastro Antonio Pepe Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions Remote Sensing ground subsidence sea level rise (SLR) flooding risk delta regions |
| title | Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions |
| title_full | Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions |
| title_fullStr | Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions |
| title_short | Integrated Analysis of the Combined Risk of Ground Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Natural Hazards in Coastal and Delta River Regions |
| title_sort | integrated analysis of the combined risk of ground subsidence sea level rise and natural hazards in coastal and delta river regions |
| topic | ground subsidence sea level rise (SLR) flooding risk delta regions |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/17/3431 |
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