《review on current status and challenging issues of land subsidence in china》.pdf

Engineering Geology 76 (2004) 65– 77 /locate/enggeo Review on current status and challenging issues of land subsidence in China a,* b a a R.L. Hu , Z.Q. Yue , L.C. Wang , S.J. Wang a Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, 100029, Beijing, PR China b Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China Received 28 June 2002; accepted 7 June 2004 Available online 28 July 2004 Abstract This paper presents a brief review on land subsidence and its investigation and remedial works made in China. The paper gives a summary on the current status and main features of land subsidence in China. The paper then discusses the research and technology transfer on land subsidence and its remediation in China. The paper discusses some challenge issues in land subsidence currently encountered in Shanghai, China. Based on the review, the paper gives some conclusions and recommendations to address land subsidence in China. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Land subsidence; Geohazard; Environment; Engineering geology; China 1. Introduction dence is one of the challenging issues that need to be addressed in many countries including Australia, Land subsidence can be defined as the differential