{"id":17831,"date":"2016-02-23T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=17831"},"modified":"2016-02-21T19:06:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T19:06:36","slug":"ropoto-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2016\/02\/23\/ropoto-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ropoto: a town in Greece lost to a landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Ropoto in Greece<\/h5>\n<p>In the last week a few media outlets (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/\">Atlas Obscura<\/a>) have carried reports about the town of Ropoto in Greece, which in 2010 was abandoned due to a landslide, inspired by an article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/greece.greekreporter.com\/2016\/01\/25\/ropoto-greeces-sinking-ghost-town-full-documentary\/\">Greek Explorer website<\/a>.\u00a0 The latter has made a short documentary about the town, and its landslide.\u00a0 The\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/greece.greekreporter.com\/2016\/01\/25\/ropoto-greeces-sinking-ghost-town-full-documentary\/\">short description<\/a> that goes with the film is as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">Ropoto was once a thriving village and home to 300 families, but a landslide in 2012 turned the village into a ghost town. Today, forgotten by people and authorities, Ropoto\u2019s terrain is still sinking, slowly moving the half-standing structures.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is the video:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ur8v6QBFVO8?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The story is deeply tragic.\u00a0 In the 1960s cracks started to appear the land surrounding the town, leading to plans to abandon the settlement.\u00a0 However, by the early 1980s this decision was being ignored and building was occurring apace.\u00a0 But on 12th April 2012 a major movement event occurred, and 300 families had to evacuate the town at very short notice.\u00a0 The damage to Ropoto is now so serious that it cannot be restored.\u00a0 There are some excellent images on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arisalonika\/\">Instagram site of Aris Skoulis<\/a> of the consequence of the landslide:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17833\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17833\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-3.jpg\" alt=\"Ropoto landsldie\" width=\"591\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-3.jpg 591w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ropoto landslide via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arisalonika\/\">Instagram and Aris Skoulis<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17837\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17837\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17837\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ropoto landslide\" width=\"591\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-1.jpg 591w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ropoto landslide via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arisalonika\/\">Instagram and Aris Skoulis<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17841\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17841\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17841\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ropoto landslide\" width=\"588\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-2.jpg 588w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-2-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ropoto landslide via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arisalonika\/\">Instagram and Aris Skoulis<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>There are good Google Earth images of Ropoto going back to August 2007.\u00a0 In this image the main landslide has not developed fully, but the headscarp of the mass movement is clearly visible.\u00a0 Note that on the whole the mapped roads line up with those on the ground.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17846\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17846\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17846\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-4_2-e1456081195185.jpg\" alt=\"Ropoto landslide\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ropoto landslide via Google Earth<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0.<\/div>\n<div>The latest image is from July 2015.\u00a0 The difference is amazing.\u00a0 The landslide itself is clearly visible, with a very well-defined headscarp and a highly deformed main mass.\u00a0 Many of the buildings have collapsed or been demolished.\u00a0 There is a clear offset downslope in many of the roads in the landslide mass.\u00a0 Note that the two images do not line up perfectly (hence the offset in the roads elsewhere too) but the difference on the landslide is very clear.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17849\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17849\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17849\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2016\/02\/16_02-Ropoto-5_2-e1456081321505.jpg\" alt=\"Ropoto landslide\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ropoto landslide via Google Earth<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The underlying causes of this landslide are far from obvious to me, and I&#8217;d be interested to hear what happened at this site in the 1960s when movement was first observed.\u00a0 But the tragedy for the community is stark.\u00a0 Greece has had a very hard time in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis; It is hard to imagine how the people of Ropoto have coped.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter 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