Land subsidence in Yangon

Don't blame the messenger!

Journal article (2017)

Authors

T. van der Horst Water Resources - CEG
Research Group
Water Resources (CEG) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2017-6

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Water Management

Research Group

Water Resources

Abstract

The Sentinel-1 is a brand new satellite constellation which produces large high quality images. Analysing the data happens on the frontiers of remote sensing science, providing new insights especially for largely unmonitored countries. The first results for land subsidence in Myanmar are stunning and raise questions on the cause. By Teije van der Horst, who graduated on the topic with a 10 out of 10.