The ancona early warning centre, instrumentation and continuous monitoring of the landslides

Abstract

The "Grande frana di Ancona" is a deep-seated landslide inside the city area, reactivated in 1982 after a long period of precipitation. In 2009 Ancona Administration, with a law specifically issued for the people living there, creates an Early Warning System and Emergency Plan; it was developed a surface monitoring system integrated by a subsurface in place geotechnical system Surface Monitoring System The combination of different instruments: GPS, Automatic Robotic Stations and tiltmeters sensors allows to monitor a great number of points previously identified. Geotechnical Monitoring System DMS In place Geotechnical Monitoring System DMS (patents and trademark CSG-Italy) was installed in February 2009 and is made by no. 3 Modular Dynamic System Early Warning Management In Ancona Early Warning Centre a staff controls the monitoring data and alerts the Coordinator in case of emergency. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.