1. Mapping the global threat of land subsidence.
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Herrera-García, Gerardo, Ezquerro, Pablo, Tomás, Roberto, Béjar-Pizarro, Marta, López-Vinielles, Juan, Rossi, Mauro, Mateos, Rosa M., Carreón-Freyre, Dora, Lambert, John, Teatini, Pietro, Cabral-Cano, Enrique, Erkens, Gilles, Galloway, Devin, Hung, Wei-Chia, Kakar, Najeebullah, Sneed, Michelle, Tosi, Luigi, Wang, Hanmei, and Ye, Shujun
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POPULATION , *LAND subsidence , *GLACIAL crevasses , *INFRASTRUCTURE & the environment , *DECISION making - Abstract
The article presents the discussion on global population facing a high probability of land subsidence. Topics include natural or anthropogenic triggers resulting from solid or fluid mobilization underground; reducing aquifer-system storage capacity, causing earth fissures, damaging buildings, and civil infrastructure; and raising awareness and informing decision-making by evaluating potential global subsidence due to groundwater depletion.
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- 2021
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