Abstract
The “Grande frana di Ancona” is a deep-seated landslide inside the city area, reactivated in 1982 after a long period of precipitation. In 2009 Ancona Administration, with a law specifically issued for the people living there, creates an Early Warning System and Emergency Plan; it was developed a surface monitoring system integrated by a subsurface in place geotechnical system
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Surface Monitoring System
The combination of different instruments: GPS, Automatic Robotic Stations and tiltmeters sensors allows to monitor a great number of points previously identified.
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Geotechnical Monitoring System DMS
In place Geotechnical Monitoring System DMS (patents and trademark CSG-Italy) was installed in February 2009 and is made by no. 3 Modular Dynamic System
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Early Warning Management
In Ancona Early Warning Centre a staff controls the monitoring data and alerts the Coordinator in case of emergency.
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Cardellini, S., Osimani, P. (2013). The Ancona Early Warning Centre, Instrumentation and Continuous Monitoring of the Landslides. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31445-2_7
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