Coastal Cliffs Monitoring and Prediction of Displacements Using Terrestial Laser Scanning

Coastal cliffs are very sensitive to degradation caused by erosion and abrasion. Thus, it is very important to monitor susceptibility of the cliffs in terms of slope angles and ground fall resulting from vertical morphology of the cliffs. The results could be used for example to establish the boundaries of the safe investments zone or retreat infrastructure buildings in case of real threat such as degradation of the objects of interests, by creating a warning system from collected data. What is more, the world challenges constantly change and besides classic monitoring and prediction of degradation of the cliffs, it is very important to examine the state of the cliffs with coastal infrastructure in case of potential anthropogenic threat, e.g. war or terrorist attack.