19 contracts found
Preventive evaluation of land instability hazards
From 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2020
Background The urbanisation of seismically active areas, coupled with the ongoing change in climate patterns, require a shift in the approaches to land/infrastructure instability hazard assessment and risk reduction. This…
Sentinels for the Territory
From 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018
Background The knowledge of the geo-hydrological hazard of a territory and of the risk conditions for people, are essential for the implementation of civil protection activities. The monitoring activity by…
Geological investigations in the catchment of the Rio Kortol
From 13/12/2017 to 12/12/2018
Background Past debris flows in the Rio Kortol catchment arise concerns for the safety of the village of Sauris di Sotto, and urge new studies for the assessment of hazard…
Characterization, modelling and monitoring
From 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2021
Background The project concerns the mitigation of natural hazards (mainly the effects on the territory and the anthropic environment caused by rains, earthquakes, volcanism, and Radon gas). The geological characterization…
Landslides investigation and mitigation at Passo della Morte (UD)
From 26/06/2015 to 26/06/2018
Background L’area del “Passo della Morte” (UD) è interessata da una situazione di grave dissesto a causa della presenza di più movimenti franosi. Questi sono caratterizzati da elevata pericolosità in…
Large landslides: Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation
From 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2019
Background The study of the dynamics of large landslide is a heuristic process based on the integration of multiple investigation techniques: geological and geomorphological analysis, monitoring systems (traditional and innovative)…
Database of landslides in Calabria to be uploaded in the SyNaRMa computerized archives
From 01/12/2006 to 30/05/2007
Background The purpose of Convention contracted between the Research Institute for Geo-Hydrologic Protection (Rende) and the Department of Physics of the University of Calabria for partnership in the Program CE…
Mappatura, Modellazione e Previsione Multiscala dei RIschi GEo-idroLogici
From 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2018
Background Italy has a tradition of scientific research and technological development on hazardous natural phenomena in general, and specifically on geo-hydrological hazards. Within the CNR, the “Progetti Finalizzati” Soil Conservation and Geodynamics…
Dynamic flooding scenarios
From 01/01/2009 to 01/01/2013
Background The project activities were carried out in two phases: “dynamic scenarios of flood risk” identification through hydrologic-hydraulic modeling addressed to Civil Protection activities (2009-2011); operational implementation of developed dynamic…
Flooding-prone areas delineation for hydraulic risk assessment for river reaches of the secondary hydrographic network in Tiber river basin
From 01/01/2002 to 01/01/2009
Background The activities of the project concern the delineation of hazard maps for return periods of 50, 100, 200 and 500 years for many reaches of interest identified in the…
Integration of hydrometric measurements for river discharge monitoring and channel roughness coefficients assessment
From 01/01/2008 to 01/01/2009
Background River discharge monitoring is fundamental for the study of the hydraulic regime of river flow and for the validation and calibration of rainfall-runoff models. The assessment of channel roughness…
Hydrological and hydraulic studies to assess dam safety
From 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2009
Background The artificial reservoirs are fundamental for water resources management, by regulating releases to meet the different users request (industrial, irrigation, hydropower, etc.), and for downstream territories floods defence through…
Hydrological study of the Paglia river basin
From 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2012
Background The Tiber River Basin Authority (ABT) and the Umbria Region (Service Water Resources and Hydraulic Risk), considering the verified underestimation of the flood-prone areas in the Paglia River basin…
Modelling for real-time flood forecasting
From 01/09/2008 to 31/07/2010
Background The project activities concern: development and implementation of: 1) a semi-distributed continuous hydrological model (MISDc) for real-time soil moisture estimate and river discharge prediction in the Upper-Middle Tiber River…
Upper-middle Tiber river basin: the flood event of 25-28 november 2005
From 01/01/2007 to 31/12/2007
Background On 25-27 November 2005, the territory of central Italy was affected by heavy rainfall that hit the Tiber River basin and, mainly, the province of Perugia. The meteoric event…