CONFUORTO , Pierluigi

Rainfall-induced shallow landslides represent a serious threat in hilly and mountain areas around the world. The mountainous landscape of the Cinque Terre (eastern Liguria, Italy) is increasingly popular for both Italian and foreign tourists, most of which visit this outstanding terraced coastal landscape to enjoy a beach holiday and to...

Statistical landslide susceptibility mapping is a topic in complete and constant evolution, especially since the introduction of machine learning (ML) methods. A new methodological approach is here presented, based on the ensemble of artificial neural network, generalized boosting model and maximum entropy ML algorithms. Such approach has been...

Slope failures are among the most hazardous natural disasters, causing severe damage to public and privateproperties. Casualties owing to landslides have been growing in many areas of the world, especially since the increase of climate changes and precipitations. To this, decision-makers need trustworthy information that may be employed to...