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Monitoring and Modelling Slope Instability in Cultural Heritage Sites

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The recent development of new remote sensing instrumentations, such as ground-based radar and terrestrial laser scanner, has encouraged the implementation of these non-invasive devices during diagnostic campaigns for the monitoring and geotechnical characterization of the instability processes in historic sites. This work presents the results of the research activities performed on the archaeological area of Roman Forum, Rome (Italy) and on the Citadel fortifications of Gozo (Malta). Ground-based radar demonstrated potentials for monitoring and surveillance at ‘single monument scale’, allowing real time warning in case of anomalies and deviations from the expected structural behaviour of the ancient masonry, thanks to the integration with the 3D model obtained from terrestrial laser scanning. On the other side, laser scanning provided fundamental base to calculate the probability of occurrence of instability mechanisms interesting, in the case study of Gozo, the Citadel rock mass, also providing a useful indication for the installation of on site monitoring network.

Keywords

  • Ground-based radar
  • Terrestrial laser scanner
  • Structural monitoring
  • Kinematic analysis
  • Rockfall simulation
  • Monitoring networks

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Acknowledgments

The GB-InSAR data were obtained during the radar monitoring project carried out in the framework of co-operation with the Commissioner for the archaeological areas of Rome and Ancient Ostia, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. The analysis on the Citadel fortifications in Gozo was performed for the ltalian company Politecnica Ingegneria e Architettura, as part of the geotechnical engineering consultancy for the Restoration Unit – Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs, Malta (tender CTD03).

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  1. Earth Sciences Department, University of Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Florence, Italy

    Riccardo Fanti, Giovanni Gigli, Deodato Tapete, Francesco Mugnai & Nicola Casagli

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  1. Geological Survey of Italy, ISPRA - Italian Institute for Environmen, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Margottini

  2. ICL - International Consortium on Landsl, Florence, Italy

    Paolo Canuti

  3. Kyoto University Uji-Campus, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

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Fanti, R., Gigli, G., Tapete, D., Mugnai, F., Casagli, N. (2013). Monitoring and Modelling Slope Instability in Cultural Heritage Sites. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31319-6_62

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