Abstract
River delta plains (deltas) are susceptible to subsidence producing undesirable environmental impact and affecting dense population. The City of Shanghai, located in the easternmost of Yangtze Delta in China, is one of the most developed regions in China that experiences the greatest land subsidence. Excessive groundwater withdrawal is thought to be the primary cause of the land subsidence, but rapid urbanization and economic development, mass construction of skyscrapers, metro lines and highways are also contributing factors. In this paper, a spatial–temporal analysis of the land subsidence in Shanghai was performed with the help of the Small Baseline Subset Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. Twenty l-band ALOS PALSAR images acquired during 2007–2010 were used to produce a linear deformation rate map and to derive time series of ground deformation. The results show homogeneous subsidence within the research area, but exceptionally rapid subsidence around skyscrapers, along metro lines, elevated roads and highways was also observed. Because groundwater exploitation and rapid urbanization responsible for much of the subsidence in the Shanghai region are expected to continue, future subsidence monitoring is warranted.
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Report on Shanghai’s economic and social development in 2012, Shanghai Statistics Bureau, http://www.stats-sh.gov.cn/sjfb/201302/253153.html.
Major agglomerations of the world, http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html.
Buildings in Shanghai, http://www.emporis.com/city/shanghai-china/all-buildings/highrise.
Report on Shanghai’s economic and social development in 2012, Shanghai Statistics Bureau, http://www.stats-sh.gov.cn/sjfb/201302/253153.html.
Due to land subsidence in Shanghai one metro will be closed for repair, http://survincity.com/2012/08/due-to-land-subsidence-in-shanghai-one-metro-will/.
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The work in this paper was supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Science National Foundation (NSFC: 41372353). The ALOS PALSAR data were provided by the Global Earth Observation Grid (GEO Grid, http://www.geogrid.org/en/index.html). Images were plotted with GMT and R software. We would like to thank four anonymous reviewers for their comments that helped us improve our paper.
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Dong, S., Samsonov, S., Yin, H. et al. Time-series analysis of subsidence associated with rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China measured with SBAS InSAR method. Environ Earth Sci 72, 677–691 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2990-y
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