Remote Sensing for monitoring areas with high landside risk
CIRGEO took part to the Italian not-ordinary plan of remote sensing (Piano Straordinario di Telerilevamento Ambientale, PST) funded by Law no. 179/2002 (art. 27). This project aimed at supporting "the needs of the Central Government for institutional mission with the task of coordinating the activities for soil conservation (Ministry of the Environment and for Protection of the Land and Sea), predict and manage the consequences of natural events in emergency situations (Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department of Civil Protection) and manage the national competences of mapping and safety (Ministry of Defence – Chiefs of Defence)."During the project interferometric processing of radar images (SAR) and LiDAR surveys were carried out in areas of high hydro-geological risk, in order to "strengthen the tools of knowledge and to enhance the skills of observation and control of the territory through the use of innovative remote sensing techniques, while helping to enhance the technological capabilities and to spread its use in Public Administration".
(quotes from website of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and for Protection of the Land and Sea).
