Landslide risk management and mitigation

Identification, characterization, and monitoring of landslides. Slope stability analysis using analytical and numerical methods. Definition of landslide risk at local and catchment scales for civil defense and land-use planning applications.

Landslide risk management and mitigation is a fundamental component of land-use planning and civil protection in a context like Italy, where the relief is young and rapidly evolving. Ongoing climate change makes forecasts more complex and uncertain. At the same time, the need to secure the land is increasingly perceived by society, which demands effective and long-lasting solutions. The availability of new investigation and monitoring methodologies, combined with a growing understanding of the physical processes, allows us to improve the technical tools required to improve our ability to live the territory.

The BiGeA Department's studies are integrated to identify, survey, investigate, and predict the evolution of our landscape and its beautiful forms.

People

Matteo Berti

Full Professor

keywords: Hydrologic response of clay slopes, Real-time monitoring, Sensor network
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Francesco Brardinoni

Associate Professor

keywords: Antrhopogenic disturbance; mountain drainage basins; sediment supply; sediment transport, landslides; debris flows;
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Giuseppe Ciccarese

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

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Alessandro Simoni

Associate Professor

keywords: debris flow hazard, rainfall induced slope failure, risk mitigation measures, slope hydrologic monitoring, InSAR