The Importance of a Dedicated Monitoring Solution and Communication Strategy for an Effective Management of Complex Active Landslides in Urbanized Areas

Giordan, Daniele; Wrzesniak, Aleksandra; Allasia, Paolo

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The Importance of a Dedicated Monitoring Solution and Communication Strategy for an Effective Management of Complex Active Landslides in Urbanized Areas

Daniele Giordan

Aleksandra Wrzesniak

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Paolo Allasia

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy

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Sustainability 2019, 11(4), 946; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11040946

Received: 25 January 2019 / Revised: 8 February 2019 / Accepted: 11 February 2019 / Published: 13 February 2019

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Natural and Technological Hazards in Urban Areas: Assessment, Planning and Solutions)

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Over the last decades, technological development has strongly increased the number of instruments suitable for landslide monitoring. For large landslides, monitoring systems are organized in complex and multi-instrumental networks aimed at controlling several representative physical variables. The management of these networks is often a complicated task that must consider technological aspects, data-sets processing, and results publication. We developed a new hybrid system focused on capturing and elaborating data-sets from monitored sites and on disseminating monitoring results to support decision makers. With respect to other available monitoring solutions, we emphasized the importance of technological aspects and a correct communication strategy, which represents the last fundamental step for a correct use of collected data. Monitoring results are often published in a difficult and not user-friendly way because they are intended for technicians with adequate background. Such an approach may be inefficient, especially during emergencies, when also non-expert people are involved. Additionally, this system consists of early warning application, which integrates a threshold-based approach and a failure forecasting modeling. The presented approach represents a possible improvement for a more sustainable management of active landslides that could have a strong impact on population and infrastructures in particular in highly urbanized areas. View Full-Text

Keywords: landslide monitoring; early warning; emergency management; dissemination; urbanized areas

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Giordan, D.; Wrzesniak, A.; Allasia, P. The Importance of a Dedicated Monitoring Solution and Communication Strategy for an Effective Management of Complex Active Landslides in Urbanized Areas. Sustainability 2019, 11, 946. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11040946

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Giordan D, Wrzesniak A, Allasia P. The Importance of a Dedicated Monitoring Solution and Communication Strategy for an Effective Management of Complex Active Landslides in Urbanized Areas. Sustainability. 2019; 11(4):946. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11040946

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Giordan, Daniele, Aleksandra Wrzesniak, and Paolo Allasia. 2019. "The Importance of a Dedicated Monitoring Solution and Communication Strategy for an Effective Management of Complex Active Landslides in Urbanized Areas" Sustainability 11, no. 4: 946. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11040946

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