Unit:
ΠΜΣ με ειδίκευση στην Εφαρμοσμένη Περιβαλλοντική ΓεωλογίαLibrary of the School of Science
Supervisors info:
Λοζίος Στυλιανός Επίκ. Καθηγητής (Επιβλέπων), Πούλος Σεραφείμ Λέκτορας , Λέκκας Ευθύμιος Καθηγητής
Original Title:
Εκτίμηση κατολισθητικής επικινδυνότητας και παράκτιας τρωτότητας στην χερσόνησο της Περαχώρας
Translated title:
landslide susceptibility and coastal vulnerability index in Perachora peninsula
Summary:
The purpose of this study is to assess the susceptibility of landslides at the
eastern part of the Corinth Gulf using GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis.
Analytic Hierarchy Process and Weighted Linear Combination method were used to
create a landslide susceptibility map which provides valuable information
concerning the stability conditions of the territory and may help towards the
mitigation of natural landslide disasters in the study area. Τhe susceptibility
of landslides is related to slope stability and that is the reason why it is so
important in the planning of technical and structural works
The present investigation also concerns the classification of the coast of the
eastern part of the Corinth Gulf according to its vulnerability to an
anticipated future sea–level rise, using the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI)
and utilizing GIS technology. This index allows the six following physical
variables: geomorphology, coastal slope, relative sea-level rise rate,
shoreline erosion or accretion rate, mean tidal range and mean wave height, to
be related in a semiquantitative manner. Each variable is ranked on the basis
of its potential contribution to physical changes on the coast as sea–level
rises. Predicting the subsidence of the coastline is very important in planning
and managing the coastal zone as well as in evaluating future
effects that may be provoqued from natural processes.
Keywords:
Perachora, Landslides, Hazard, Coastal, Vulnerability
