150 projects found
Gestione dei Sedimenti Fluviali
Regional From 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2015
Background Il progetto GeSeFlu nasce dalla necessità della Regione Lombardia mediante il Piano Operativo Regionale (Direttiva Comunitaria 2000/60/CE) di disporre di specifici Programmi di Gestione dei sedimenti per i sottobacini…
Analysis of instabilities in the historical centre of Mesagne
Local From 01/01/2014 to 30/03/2014
Background The instabilities that affected the historical part of Mesagne (Brindisi province, Apulia) since January 21, 2014, induced the local Authority to issue evacuation decrees for 18 families, corresponding to…
Mobile Application for Emergency Response and Support
European From 01/12/2013 to 30/11/2015
Background The responsibilities within natural hazards involve citizens and volunteers as first actors of civil protection. The prevention implicates technical volunteers, but the priority implies now awareness of local citizens.…
The 3 December 2013 Montescaglioso landslide
Local From 01/12/2013 to 30/04/2015
Background On December 3, 2013, a large landslide activated on the SW slope of Montescaglioso (Matera province, Basilicata), affecting an area with evidence of past instability. The landslide involved some…
Advanced and Integrated Monitoring of Earth DAMS
Regional From 20/08/2013 to 20/08/2014
Background The project AIM-DAMS is aimed at developing a laboratory of integrated and advanced environmental monitoring for the control of the behavior of the earth-dams due to the different factors…
Analysis and monitoring of Planpincieux Glacier, Monte Bianco massif (AO)
Regional From 01/08/2013 to 30/04/2018
Background The Planpincieux Glacier is one of the glaciers that characterize the Italian side of the massif of the Grandes Jorasses. It is considered a temperate glacier and its front…
Stability analysis in the Fantiano quarries
Local From 15/06/2013 to 20/09/2013
Background The Fantiano quarries at Grottaglie (Taranto province) are an ancient sector of extraction of the local calcarenite rock, that is now used for concerts and shows. The instability phenomena…
Landslide maps for the Castelfranci municipality
Local From 27/05/2013 to 22/03/2014
Background Castelfranci (Avellino, Campania) is located in the catchment of the Calore River, in correspondence of a N-S oriented stretch of the river. This territory is intensely affected by landslide…
Landslide Modelling and tools for vulnerability assessment Preparedness and REcovery management
European From 01/03/2013 to 02/02/2015
Background Il progetto FP7 LAMPRE – Landslide Modelling and tools for vulnerability assessment Preparedness and Recovery management svolge attività di ricerca innovative e di sviluppo tecnologico per migliorare le capacità del sistema Copernicus di far fronte a eventi…
SAR change detection methodologies for event landslide mapping
Space agency From 30/01/2013 to 30/01/2015
Background The project explores and implements multi-scale and multi-sensor SAR change detection methodologies for event landslide mapping. Automated analysis for change detection is a challenging task due to the inherent…
Increasing Resilience through Earth Observation
European From 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2014
Background To significantly contribute to the operational capacities in the context of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)/ Copernicus by developing customised mapping and geo-information products addressing risk, vulnerability…
RIVERbank Surveillance bAsed on Fiber optic sEnsors
Local From 01/10/2012 to 30/09/2015
Background In the last decades Europe and Italy suffered many damaging floods, causing thousands of deaths, the displacement of millions of people and billions of euros in insured economic losses.…
Analysis of the Mt. de La Saxe landslide
Regional From 01/10/2012 to 31/12/2023
Background The Mont de La Saxe landslide affects the south-western side of Mont de La Saxe near Courmayeur, Valle d’Aosta. This landslide at present can be considered one of the…
FLoods and fIre Risk assessment and managEment
European From 01/10/2012 to 30/09/2015
Background FLIRE is a demonstration project aiming to the development of an integrated Decision Support System (DSS) for both flash floods and forest fires risk assessment and management. The DSS…
Climate change on slope failures initiation in the Italian Alps
Institute From 01/09/2012
Background Climate change in the Greater Alpine Region is seriously affecting glacial and periglacial areas, with relevant consequences on slope stability. Cryosphere degradation, changes of the precipitation and temperature patterns…