Land Subsidence Analysis in Urban Areas The Bangkok Metropolitan Area Case Study /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Zeitoun, David G. (Συγγραφέας), Wakshal, Eliyahu (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Software engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Geophysics.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Software Engineering.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consisting of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly susceptible to subsidence.  Such regions are common in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal marsh lands.  Building cities in such are...