Land subsidence: causes, effects, real examples, prevention and monitoring mechanisms
Subsidence affects millions of people around the world. Places such as Jakarta in Indonesia or Mexico City suffer severe and progressive land subsidence processes mainly due to the overexploitation of groundwater. In Spain, the overexploitation of the Guadalentín aquifer (Murcia) generates the highest rate of subsidence in Europe, reaching values of 11cm/year. Detecting and monitoring …