ABSTRACT
The research is part of the ongoing PSInSAR™ project carried out by the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection in Piemonte Region. A methodology is proposed for the interpretation of the PSInSAR™ data at the regional scale, easy to use by the public administrations and by civil protection authorities. Potential and limitations of the PSInSAR™ technique for landslide detection at regional scale and monitoring are then estimated in relationship with the different slope instability typologies and the various geological environments. PSInSAR™ is an operational tool for precise ground deformation mapping on a sparse grid of phase stable radar targets, acting as a ‘‘natural’’ geodetic network. The chapter presents an application of PSInSAR™ technique for detecting and monitoring ground displacements in the Piemonte Region. The monitoring network consists of five piezometers and six inclinometers, two of which provided with an Automated Inclinometer System.
