b y C h r i s t i a n B r e u e r
Engineering
To enable
geologists from the Faculty of
Mining, Geology and Petroleum
Engineering of the University of
Zagreb are the team of scientists
who monitor the Kostanjek landslide,
located in the City of Zagreb, capital
of Croatia. The monitoring
equipment was donated in the
period from 2009 to 2014 by the
Japanese Government through
SATREPS (Science and Technology
Research Partnership for Sustainable
Development) scientific project with
The real-time transmission of data from each monitoring location
within the landslide observation area was critical to the success of
the project.
O
C o m p r e h e n s i v e
l a n d s l i d e m o n i t o r i n g
s y s t e m s u s i n g G N S S
r e c e i v e r s a n d
g e o t e c h n i c a l s e n s o r s t o
c o n t i n u o u s l y m o n i t o r
l a n d s l i d e m o v e m e n t i n
r e a l - t i m e t o p r e d i c t
l a n d s l i d e b e h a v i o r a n d
e s t a b l i s h v a l u e s u s e d
f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f
a n e a r l y w a r n i n g
s y s t e m ( E W S ) .
the main purpose to enable landslide
risk reduction from the threat of the
Kostanjek landslide.
development of risk reduction
solutions, it was essential to
establish reliable, automated,
continuous, real-time monitoring
system network customized to
specificity of the Kostanjek landslide.
It is a reactivated, deep-seated, large
translational landslide (landslide
area about 1 sq. km) located in the
populated hilly area of the City of
Zagreb. Development of the
Christian Breuer
Marketing Manager
Trimble Monitoring Solutions
United States
Email: christian_breuer@trimble.com
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UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB ENGINEERING
GEOLOGISTS PERFORM FORECASTING AND
PROTECTIVE MONITORING OF THE
KOSTANJEK LANDSLIDE USING TRIMBLE
MONITORING SOLUTIONS
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Kostanjek Monitoring Station
