Damage assessment in buildings affected by subsidence using SAR data and interferometric stacking techniques in Rome

Predicting building damages due to ground movements caused by subsidence phenomena is a great challenge in the field of Risk Management, moreover in the process of Disaster Risk Reduction. This damage assessment integrates measurements obtained from satellite SAR observations with an intermediate semi-empirical model, which schematizes buildings as equivalent laminated beams. These two fields have been connected to best investigate and to present accurate results on a densely urban area, in the specific the Southern part of the city of Rome (Italy).