Analysis of Road Repairs in Undermined Areas

The article presents analysis results of maps of expected subsidence in undermined areas for road repair management. The analysis was done in the area of Karvina district in the Czech Republic, including undermined areas with ongoing deep mining activities or finished deep mining in years 2003 - 2009. The article discusses the possibilities of local road maintenance authorities to determine areas that will need most repairs in the future with limited data available. Using the expected subsidence maps new map of surface curvature was calculated. Combined with road maps and historical data about repairs the result came for five main categories of undermined areas, proving very simple tool for management.

Authors:

• Tomáš Seidler
• Marek Mihola
• Denisa Cihlarova

Keywords:

• GIS
• Map of Subsidence
• Road
• Undermined Area

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