LUINO F.

Coastal locations in the Mediterranean area experienced several geo-hydrological events from the beginning of the 3rd Millennium. Among the most flooded areas featuring the Ligurian coastal environment, Genoa is sorrowfully at international level, for the flash flood characteristics and consequent damage: the last event of 4 November 2011, once...

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...

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...

The Ligurian slopes facing the Tyrrenian Sea extend along the coast for nearly 300 km between France border to Tuscany: this stretch of territory presents more than a hundred catchments characterized by small floodplains. The slopes are very steep, while the alluvial plains are typically narrow and elongated. Ligurian catchments, except for the...

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