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

• Main Authors: Zeitoun, David G. (Author), Wakshal, Eliyahu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: 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...