{"id":6822,"date":"2025-04-23T10:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/?page_id=6822"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:48:35","slug":"sirima","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/forschung\/sirima\/","title":{"rendered":"SIRIMA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SIRIMA \u2013 Sinkhole hazard and risk management in post-mining areas<\/span><\/h1>\n

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The SIRIMA project<\/a><\/strong> aims to improve the safety and sustainability of areas affected by mining activities. Risks such as surface deformation due to subsidence and rising groundwater can lead to ground movement. The project collects both field and historical data from the partner countries to more accurately predict sinkhole hazards using machine learning models.<\/p>\n

Proper mining operations are an essential prerequisite for the safety of land use. This safety includes the health and lives of local residents as well as the conduct of business activities and the use of areas that have been damaged by mining activities. The SIRIMA project focuses on increasing knowledge and experience of the hazards in post-mining and degraded landscapes in the EU Member States, particularly in relation to uncontrolled movements of the earth's surface.<\/p>\n

Ground movement encompasses subsidence, caused by underground mining or of uplifts caused by the rise of the mine-water as well as sudden sinkholes development du too near surface mining.<\/p>\n

The occurrence of sinkholes in urban areas of former coal regions poses a real threat to buildings, technical\/critial infrastructure, roads and other surface installations. They can also pose a threat to people's health and lives, but most often they cause intense anxiety and stress and indicate a lack of control by local authorities over the managed areas.<\/p>\n

The SIRIMA project focuses on increasing knowledge and experience on the vulnerability of post-mining and degraded landscapes in the EU Member States, particularly in relation to uncontrolled ground movements.<\/p>\n

By developing new methods for assessing the risk of uncontrolled ground movements, the project aims to provide insights into how the decommissioning of mining facilities and the subsequent changes in geological and physical parameters can influence the formation of sinkholes.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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01.07.2024 – 30.06.2027<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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