150 projects found
SOIL features and pedogenic processes as predisposing factors of SHAllow landsliDES
From 01/10/2023 to 28/02/2026
The project proposal aims at the assessment of the relationship between key soil properties (as result of peculiar weathering and pedogenic processes) and predisposing factors of shallow landslides, and the…
Prediction of Rainfall-INduced landslides – Improving multi-scale TerritoriAL Early warning through aRTificial intelligence
From 28/09/2023 to 27/09/2025
Background Predicting the occurrence of rainfall-induced landslides is a crucial task for civil protection purposes. Several landslide early warning systems are currently operating worldwide at different spatial scales. In Italy,…
Sentinel-3 Topography mission Assessment through Reference Techniques
Space agency From 27/07/2021 to 30/03/2023
Background The Copernicus Sentinel-3 Surface Topography Mission (STM) provides extremely valuable surface elevation information over inland waters, sea ice and land ice, thanks to its SAR altimeter which retrieves high-resolution…
Gestione delle Monografie Operative relative ai grandi fenomeni franosi inseriti nella rete di monitoraggio della regione autonoma Valle d’Aosta
Regional From 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2022
Background The Aosta Valley is a small alpine region affected by numerous landslides, varying in size and type, ranging from isolated rock falls to rotational/translational slides up to extensive deep…
Analisi di rischio di flusso della rete di monitoraggio delle frane della regione Lombardia
Regional From 03/06/2021 to 03/12/2022
Background Geological-geotechnical monitoring systems are one of the most effective tools for landslide characterization, both in terms of landslide detection and for monitoring purposes. The regional monitoring network of Regione…
I-CHANGE project
From 01/11/2021 to 30/04/2025
Background The documented effects of climate change and environmental degradation are a threat to human societies on European and global scales. Climate change may have an impact on water availability,…
Laboratorio a Cielo aperto delle Grandes Jorasses per lo sviluppo di tecniche di monitoraggio di processi di instabilità in ambito glaciale
Regional From 10/10/2020 to 10/10/2023
Background Climate change has a powerful impact on high-altitude Alpine sectors and glaciers. This impact often turns into an increase in instability processes that can lead to very high-risk conditions.…
PRogetto IntegratO di mitigazione del RIschio da sprofondamento di caviTÀ
National From 16/01/2020
Purpose Il progetto intende formulare una metodologia innovativa, basata su un approccio multi-disciplinare, per una valutazione appropriata della suscettibilità al collasso di cavità artificiali in aree urbane del territorio italiano,…
Assessing sediment connectivity and availability in several mountain catchments in the Veneto Region
European From 05/03/2020 to 31/03/2022
Background Mass wasting is a threat to residential areas and infrastructure, causing widespread destabilization in alpine stream channels, also in relation to ongoing climatic changes. Although hillslope sediment supply represents…
CryoSat-2 ThEMatic PrOducts
From 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2025
The CryoTEMPO project aims to develop innovative, flexible, and scientifically advanced thematic products derived from data from the CryoSat-2 satellite mission, making them easily accessible and usable by a broad…
Integrated multi-scale methods for seismically induced landslide hazard zonation
National From 22/06/2020 to 21/12/2021
Purpose The research activity aims at defining a coherent and unambiguous framework for the assessment and zonation of seismically induced landslides, at different geographical, temporal and management scales. To this…
MUltiHAzard framework for water related risks management
European From 01/03/2020 to 31/08/2022
Background The MUHA project is building upon the idea to address disaster management cycle consisting of preparedness-response-mitigation-rebuild components in the ADRION countries. It will connect the observed and modelled hazards…
Earth observation and climate change
National From 01/09/2018 to 28/02/2022
Background The OT4CLIMA project moves from the awareness that the impacts of climate change on the environment need to be better observed, understood, and modelled, especially at the local and…
IntEractions between hydrodyNamics and bioTic communities in fluvial Ecosystems: advancement in the knowledge and undeRstanding of PRocesses and ecosystem sustainability by the development of novel technologieS with fIeld monitoriNg and laboratory testinG
National From 01/09/2019 to 31/08/2022
Background The development of an innovative system for monitoring river flows during extreme events and the impact of hydrodynamic pressures on ecosystems are two important challenges identified by the World…
Valutazione del rischio idraulico finalizzata alla individuazione di interventi di mitigazione per la ricostruzione post-sisma
National From 29/01/2019 to 28/01/2020
Background The seismic events that have affected central Italy since 24 August 2016 have caused extensive damage in the municipalities of Castelsantagelo sul Nera, Ussita and Visso (Marche Region). In…