In Italy, landslides kill people almost every year, as a combined effect of high susceptibility to slope movements of the territory, and large proportion of population exposed to the risk. In the last decades, analyses of individual landslides, as well as monitoring of instrumented phenomena, undoubtedly reached great results, as scientific knowledge on landslides notably progressed. However, a number of issues still need to be properly addressed, including (but not limited to) landslide forecasting (both in spatial and temporal terms), risk quantification and mapping, risk reduction and mitigation, and the assessment of suitable thresholds of acceptable risk levels either imposed on society or individuals.
Preface to the special issue on «innovative approaches for evaluating landslide hazard and risk»
Parise M.;
2009-01-01
Abstract
In Italy, landslides kill people almost every year, as a combined effect of high susceptibility to slope movements of the territory, and large proportion of population exposed to the risk. In the last decades, analyses of individual landslides, as well as monitoring of instrumented phenomena, undoubtedly reached great results, as scientific knowledge on landslides notably progressed. However, a number of issues still need to be properly addressed, including (but not limited to) landslide forecasting (both in spatial and temporal terms), risk quantification and mapping, risk reduction and mitigation, and the assessment of suitable thresholds of acceptable risk levels either imposed on society or individuals.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
