Impact of Factors That Predict Adoption of Geomonitoring Systems for Landslide Management

Adrian T. Rădulescu, Corina M. Rădulescu (), Nataliya Kablak, Oleksandr K. Reity and Gheorghe M. T. Rădulescu
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Adrian T. Rădulescu: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, 72 Observatorului Street, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Corina M. Rădulescu: Department of Economics and Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia-Mare, Romania
Nataliya Kablak: Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw, Poland
Oleksandr K. Reity: Department of Algebra and Differential Equations, Uzhhorod National University, 3 Narodna Square, Transcarpathian Region, 88000 Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Gheorghe M. T. Rădulescu: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, 72 Observatorului Street, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: Monitoring hazardous phenomena is a fundamental requirement of disaster risk management. Using new geomatic technologies integrated into complex geo information systems represents an innovative method of strengthening collaboration between stakeholder groups that aim at reducing the risk of disasters. This paper aimed to investigate the factors of adapting a geomonitoring information system for landslides in the cross-border area of Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania; the analysis was carried out in the case of the cross-border project, GeoSES. This study developed and empirically tested a novel UTAUT model based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. PL-SEM (partial least-squares structural equation modeling) was used to test the model’s hypotheses. The data were collected by employing an online questionnaire on a target group of beneficiaries of the GeoSES project, in which the geomonitoring information system was proposed as an innovative solution to landslide management and disaster risk reduction. This study’s importance and added value reside in the theoretical and practical implications of the proposed model for predicting the beneficiaries’ adaptation of the landslide monitoring system. The results have shown that the GeoSES project beneficiaries coming from four neighboring nations are willing to utilize the integrated monitoring systems, which is one of the strengths of the collaborative efforts focused on mitigating risks and managing disasters in this region.

Keywords: landslide risk monitoring and management; technology adoption behavior; disaster management; geoinformation technology systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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