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Remote Sensing Technology in Landslide and Land Subsidence—2nd Edition

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 643

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College of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China
Interests: landslides; remote sensing; risk management; rock and soil mechanics
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Department of Geomatics, School of Geology Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710054, China
Interests: InSAR; geohazards identification and monitoring; Drone modeling; computer vision
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College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Interests: soil mechanics; engineering geology; land subsidence; soil microstructure
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Dear Colleagues,

Landslides and land subsidence are common types of geological hazards that cause severe damage to structures, infrastructures, and populations worldwide. In the current context of global climate change and rapid urbanization, their monitoring, mapping, and modeling are increasingly important for designing optimal risk-reduction strategies.

Today, remote sensing data plays a big role in geosciences. With recent advancements in technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), multi-band high-resolution satellite images, and multi-polarization microwave-based SAR images, the application of Earth observations has become more popular. Multi-platform remote sensing using airborne and space- and ground-based devices equipped with various sensors plays a key role in the assessment and management of landslides and land subsidence by providing cost-effective solutions for risk mitigation.

This Special Issue therefore aims to distribute all novel contributions to and advances in remote sensing applications for landslides and land subsidence. In particular, this Special Issue is dedicated to interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) approaches and UAV systems for the detection, characterization, and modeling of landslide and land subsidence. Authors are encouraged to submit articles about innovative research or case studies which may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Regional mapping of landslide and land subsidence;
  • Detection of earth surface changes;
  • Innovative methods to integrate multi-source remote sensing data;
  • Remote sensing supports for understanding the disaster mechanisms;
  • Modeling of landslide and land subsidence;
  • Definition of risk scenarios based on remote sensing monitoring data;
  • Development of early-warning systems.

Prof. Dr. Jiewei Zhan
Prof. Dr. Wu Zhu
Prof. Dr. Qing Wang
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Keywords

  • remote sensing
  • landslide
  • land subsidence
  • hazard detection
  • risk scenarios

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Evolution Characteristics and Failure Mechanisms of Retrogressive Loess Landslides: A Case Study from the South Jingyang Platform, China
by Tao Ding, Zhiyuan He, Penghui Ma, Qingyi Mu, Yifan Xue, Yalin Nan and Kui Liu
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(5), 2426; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052426 - 24 Feb 2025
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The South Jingyang Platform, China, is well-known for its continuous irrigation-induced loess landslides. Many scholars have discussed the loess landslides in this area, as the frequent occurrence of these landslides has led to a gradual reduction in the size of the platform. On [...] Read more.
The South Jingyang Platform, China, is well-known for its continuous irrigation-induced loess landslides. Many scholars have discussed the loess landslides in this area, as the frequent occurrence of these landslides has led to a gradual reduction in the size of the platform. On the basis of these studies, this paper provides an updated summary of the distribution, evolution characteristics, and future trends of these landslides over the past 20 years. It was found that from 2003 to 2023, a total of 76 landslides occurred, mainly concentrated in three areas. In addition to forming retrogressive landslide groups, the large amount of landslide deposits at the substrate also transforms into loess mudflows, causing a disaster chain. The rapid rise of the groundwater level is the main key factor causing these flowslides, and the widely distributed joints, cracks, and caves in the slopes serve as preferential flow channels, actively contributing to the accelerated rise of the groundwater level. This further decreases the stability of the slopes and is also a significant factor promoting the occurrence of landslides. The occurrence of falls and slides is mainly due to the loosening of the slope caused by previous flowslides, which affects the soil structure and triggers the migration of the soil’s critical state. This explains why flowslides occur in the deep saturated zone, while slides and falls often occur in the shallow unsaturated zone in the study area. Since 2015, flowslides have decreased due to changes in irrigation practices and stabilized groundwater levels, confirming the close relationship between flowslide occurrence and groundwater level fluctuations. Full article
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