69 contracts found
Investigations for the mitigation of geo-hydrological risk along the railway “Eccellente – Rosarno”
From 25/03/2014 to 19/09/2014
Background Large part of the territory is affected by geomorphological instability, often threatening the anthropic environment. Technical and socio-economic reasons often impose coexistence with the risks. Therefore, appropriate risk mitigation…
Ventennale dell’Alluvione in Piemonte del 1994
From 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2014
Background Nel 2014 ricorrono vent’anni dalla tragica alluvione che nel novembre 1994 colpì gran parte del territorio piemontese, con perdita di vite umane, di beni mobili ed immobili. L’alluvione 1994…
SANF Liguria
From 01/10/2013 to 01/03/2016
Background In Italy, landslides are triggered by intense and/or prolonged rainfall. The spatial and temporal forecast of multiple landslides triggered by rainfall in wide areas relies primarily on empirical rainfall…
Cost of Natural Hazards in Italy
From 01/09/2013
Background Economic analysis has produced a set of analysis on natural disasters to measure the impacts of the events, the possibility of insurance schemes, and the optimization of prevention policies.…
Spatial-temporal evolution of glacial resources in the Italian Alps over the last 100 years
From 01/06/2013 to 31/03/2017
Background Glaciers are widely recognized as the best terrestrial indicator of climate change. Nevertheless, occurred changes, even in recent times, are often poorly known. Italy has a unique, secular history…
Alarm and monitoring systems for debris and mud flows
From 01/01/2013
Background Monitoring of debris flows in instrumented areas is carried out since many years in different Countries worldwide. It is still missing, however, an adequate standardization of methodologies, instrumentations and…
Geo-hydrological hazards in the Pogliaschina catchment
From 12/09/2012 to 11/07/2013
Background The occurrence of flash floods in mountainous catchments is often associated to relevant geomorphic effects, both in the channel network (channel changes and transport of large wood), and on…
Real-time monitoring of the “San Lorenzo” tunnel, Passo della Morte
From 01/08/2012 to 02/01/2015
Background The entrance of the tunnel “San Lorenzo” in Forni di Sotto (UD) has built over a an active landslide body. The gravitational deformations of the slope are damaging the…
Study and monitoring of the Rotolon landslide
From 15/05/2012 to 30/11/2012
Background At the beginning of November 2010 exceptional rainfall events stroke the Veneto Region causing the re-activation of the Rotolon landslide which is a serious threat to the town of…
Geothermal Atlas of Southern Italy Project
From 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2015
Background The Geothermal Atlas project is aimed at the characterization, classification and mapping of geothermal resources, conventional and unconventional types, for the production of electricity in the regions of Southern…
La Ricerca ITaliana per il MARE
From 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2016
Background UK The Italian maritime cluster represents for Italy an important economic sector contributing to 2.6% of national GDP, 11% of production in the industry of transport, and using almost…
Management of sediment transport in small mountain catchments
From 23/08/2011 to 28/02/2014
Background Sediment transport in small mountain catchments (drainage area < 10-20 km2) is a fundamental process for the equilibrium and the dynamics of the whole channel network. At the same…
Decision matrices for the assessment of fluvial processes in mountain streams
From 15/12/2010 to 20/10/2011
Background Decision matrices may contribute to mountain watershed management by defining coherent event scenarios that take into account the type of flow processes (e.g., water floods with bedload, debris flows),…
Investigations of the Ianò and Maierato landslides, Calabria, southern Italy
From 30/11/2010 to 30/06/2014
Background In the winter of 2009-2010, after the previous winter 2008-2009 when widespread hydrogeological instabilities had affected the whole of Calabria, the same area was still hardly hit by numerous…
Evaluating the geothermal potential in the Southern Regions of Italy
From 22/10/2010 to 22/10/2014
Background VIGOR contributed to increasing knowledge in exploitation of geothermal resources. It was aimed at providing information useful to start exploration and utilization of geothermal energy, through reconnaissance, analyses and…