The UNESCO Land Subsidence International Initiative (LaSII) enhances the scientific understanding and technical knowledge required to identify and characterize hazards related to natural and anthropogenic land-level lowering.
LaSII promotes and facilitates the international exchange of information regarding the design, implementation and evaluation of risk assessments and mitigation measures, and the definition of resource-management strategies that support sustainable development in areas vulnerable to land-level lowering.
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The 10th International Symposium on Land Subsidence took place in Delft–Gouda, the Netherlands from 17 – 21 April 2023. The symposium is organised under the auspices of LaSII.
Land subsidence is a major problem that threatens the viability and sustainable economic development for millions of people throughout the world, especially in (but not restricted to) highly urbanized coastal areas. It is often a result of overexploitation of groundwater resources. The total costs globally amount up to many billions of dollars annually.
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We announce that the 11th International Symposium on Land Subsidence (EISOLS) will take place in Spring 2026 at the Taipei International Conference Center (Taiwan).