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The knowledge of flood-induced ground effects and flood-water dynamics is a crucial issue for hydro-geomorphic hazards assessment and mapping, and thus for river management and land use planning. This paper and the related 1:15,000 map illustrate the lower Orba River (NW Italy) and its adjacent floodplain geomorphic response to the 21 –22...

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Man-made terraces for agricultural purposes are a quite diffuse and ancient anthropogenic landscape modification in mountainous areas. The original slope alteration, obtained through a sequence of sub-vertical and sub-planar surfaces, represents a human interference with the geomorphic system, altering the original balance of geomorphological...

Modification of steep slopes with man-made terraces is an ancient and widespread habit in many areas of the world. If the modification assures agricultural practices in mountainous areas, it results even as an important interference with the geomorphic processes: important quantities of soil and sediments are subtracted to the degradation...

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This work investigated the susceptibility factors that trigger shallow landslides. In particular, the objective of the research was the implementation of a method to determine the relevant factors that can trigger shallow landslide events. However, with respect to the existing methods, the integration with historical datasets and the inclusion...

On 21 October 2013 a short-term heavy rainfall hit the Sturla Valley in the Ligurian Appenines (northwestern Italy). The Sturla Stream joins the Lavagna Stream in Carasco forming the Entella River. The Entella flows for eight kilometers towards the Ligurian sea between the towns of Chiavari and Lavagna in the...

Since the beginning of the Third Millennium, an ever-increasing interest of geoheritage has been observed, either in scientific terms or in practical point of view, with the resulting socio-economic consequences. Geoheritage represents the basic element of the landscape and it often has strong links with other elements of the territory like...