Time series insar techniques to estimate deformation in a landslide-prone area in Haridwar region, India

Landslides are one of the most severe geological hazards, which threaten and influence the socioeconomic conditions of many countries across the globe. Many towns, road networks are at risk by these landslides and fatalities of human lives and infrastructure are very common. Landslides are very common in the Indian Himalayas which is geo-dynamically very active. Presence of large number of faults and lineaments make the region geologically very fragile and susceptible to landslides at any scale. Small progressive slips are often likely to occur prior to a sporadic slip. Therefore, progressive slips are investigated in order to enhance disaster prevention capabilities. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of satellite based advanced InSAR techniques, such as Small Baseline Subset and Persistent Scatterers InSAR, in order to estimate the mass movement of landslide susceptible Haridwar region.