LUINO , F.

The Upper Scrivia Valley in the Ligurian Apennines is characterized by a large-scale landslides area wider than regional and national averages. A number of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations (DSGSDs) were detected and mapped on the basis of geomorphological constraints such as closed depressions, trenches, double ridges,...

Natural instability processes like landslides, muddebris flows and floods are the most frequent geohydrological phenomena in Piedmont (north-western Italy). They can involve urbanized areas and consequently can generate risk-prone areas according to the geomorphological features of the territory. Piedmont has been hit by five relevant events in...

The Mediterranean Sea and in particular the Liguria region have always been suffering from severe geohydrological events. Landform features and autumnal atmospheric circulation deeply influence the hazard in Genoa city, the capital of Liguria, crossed by many streams: heavy rainfall can trigger flash floods involving structures and...

On 2014, 9th October, short and heavy rainfall hit the Bisagno Valley. The Bisagno stream overflowed again and flooded the center of Genoa, causing severe economic damage and a victim. This is the fourth serious flooding of the stream in the last fifty years, which shows similarities with the previous catastrophic ones in 1970, 1992 and 2011,...

The metropolitan area and the city of Genoa has become a national and international case study for geohydrological risk, mainly due to the frequency of floods. In 2014, there were landslides again, as well as flash floods that have particularly caused casualties and economic damage. The weather features of the Gulf of Genoa and the...