Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Ground Subsidence in the Beijing Plain Area Using Long Time Series Interferometry

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Due to the overexploitation of water resources, ground subsidence is becoming increasingly problematic in Beijing, China's political, economic, and cultural capital. This article aims to investigate the relationship between ground subsidence and changes in groundwater depth, and water supply from a long-term point of view. Multisource synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data using the interferometric SAR (InSAR) technique were adopted in this research, combined with a set of leveling and ground subsidence data in the Beijing Plain area from 2003 to 2020. The InSAR results demonstrate that ground subsidence in the plain area increased steadily from 2003 to 2015, expanding from sporadic to continuous laminar dispersion and producing five major subsidence centers. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) that was completed in 2008 and 2015 considerably reduced the demand for groundwater supply in the Beijing Plain area. Since then, the groundwater level depth has continued to increase. However, since 2016, the ground subsidence rate has dramatically slowed down. The obtained results showed that, thanks to the SNWDP, which resulted in a decline in groundwater exploitation and an increase in renewable water recycling, the ground subsidence in Beijing's plain area has been effectively managed.

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Zheng, Y., Peng, J., Chen, X., Huang, C., Chen, P., Li, S., & Su, Y. (2023). Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Ground Subsidence in the Beijing Plain Area Using Long Time Series Interferometry. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 16, 153–165. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3223027

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