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GIS-based spatial and temporal prediction system development for regional land subsidence hazard mitigation

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Abstract

An integrated GIS-based approach for establishing a spatial and temporal prediction system for groundwater flow and land subsidence is proposed and applied to a subsidence-progressed Japanese coastal plain. Various kinds of fundamental data relating to groundwater flow and land subsidence are digitized and entered into a GIS database. A surface water hydrological cycle simulation is performed using a GIS spatial data operation for the entire plain, and the spatial and temporal groundwater infiltration quantity is hereby obtained. Through the data transformation from the GIS database to a groundwater flow code (MODFLOW), a 3D groundwater flow model is established and unsteady groundwater flow simulation for the past 21 years is conducted with results which compare satisfactorily with observed results. Finally, a Visual Basic code is developed for land subsidence calculations considering aquifer and aquitard deformation. Future land subsidence in the plain is predicted assuming different water pumping scenarios, and the results provide important information for land subsidence mitigation decision-making.

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The authors wish to thank the Environmental Bureau of Saga Prefecture for providing important data related to geology, groundwater and land subsidence.

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  1. Institute of Environment Systems, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan

    Guoyun Zhou & Tetsuro Esaki

  2. West Japan Engineering Consultants, Inc., 1-1-1 Wanabetori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    Jiro Mori

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Zhou, G., Esaki, T. & Mori, J. GIS-based spatial and temporal prediction system development for regional land subsidence hazard mitigation. Env Geol 44, 665–678 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-003-0806-1

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