Rapallo, with 30,000 inhabitants, is an important seaside tourist resort in the Eastern ligurian coast. It is internationally known since the beginning of the 20th century for elite tourism. Following the development of mass tourism, above all during 1960s and 1970s, the whole municipality has been affected by an intense urbanization – mainly...
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2016 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2016 (v1)Publication
All over the centuries the expansion of residential, industrial and harbour settlements of Genoa city have impacted on geomorphological processes along the narrow coastal plains and surrounding slopes. Mostly the drainage network has been strongly modified by rectification, diversion and culvert interventions, causing critical flow section...
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2016 (v1)Publication
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2016 (v1)Publication
After more than 25 years since the first studies, the Landscape Master Plan of Liguria has contributed to maintaining the cultural and natural landscape. The current plan is made by three descriptive layouts and related regulations: the settlement and botanical settings represent the features of the landscape linked to buildings and vegetation....
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Terraces, traditionally sustained by dry stonewalls, occupy about thirty percent of the territory of Liguria. If constantly maintained, they effectively contribute to slow down the natural slope erosion. When no longer managed, terraces are recognized as one of the reasons for increased geomorphological risk along the slopes and, consequently,...
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2016 (v1)Publication
The city of Genoa (Liguria, Italy) and the Bisagno Valley are affected by frequent floods, oftenwith loss of human lives. Historically characterised by high flood hazards, the Bisagno Valleywas recently affected by a flood event on 9 October 2014, less than three years after the tragic flood event of 4 November 2011 when six people...
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