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In the last decades, remote sensing devices such as high-resolution digital cameras, laser scanners and drones have been widely used as supplementary techniques for rock slope analysis and monitoring, especially in poorly accessible areas, or in sites of large extension. Although several methods for rock mass characterization by means of remote sensing techniques have been reported in specific studies, there are very few contributions that focused on comparing the different methods in an attempt to establish their advantages and limitations. With this study, we performed digital photogrammetry, Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle surveys on a cliff located in a popular tourist attraction site, characterized by complex geological and geomorphological settings, as well as by disturbance elements such as vegetation and human activities. For each point cloud, we applied geostructural analysis by means of semi-automatic methods, and then compared multi-temporal acquisitions for cliff monitoring. By quantitative comparison of the results and validation by means of conventional geostructural field surveys, the pros and cons of each method were outlined in attempt to depict the conditions and goals the different techniques seem to be more suitable for.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13245045","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,13]],"date-time":"2021-12-13T01:29:33Z","timestamp":1639358973000},"page":"5045","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Comparison of Remote Sensing Techniques for Geostructural Analysis and Cliff Monitoring in Coastal Areas of High Tourist Attraction: The Case Study of Polignano a Mare (Southern Italy)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7316-6579","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lidia","family":"Loiotine","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2992-0583","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gioacchino Francesco","family":"Andriani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6419-695X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michel","family":"Jaboyedoff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0873-5303","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mario","family":"Parise","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy"}]},{"given":"Marc-Henri","family":"Derron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"831","DOI":"10.5194\/nhess-14-831-2014","article-title":"Integrating Geomechanical Surveys and Remote Sensing for Sea Cliff Slope Stability Analysis: The Mt. 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