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- Title
Database of geo-hydrological disasters for civil protection purposes.
- Authors
Blahut, Jan; Poretti, Ilaria; Amicis, Mattia; Sterlacchini, Simone
- Abstract
This paper presents the results of a research concerning available historical information about natural hazards (landslides and floods) and consequent disasters in the Consortium of Mountain Municipalities of Valtellina di Tirano, in Northern Italy. A geo-referenced database, collecting information till 2008, was designed with the aim of using available data of historical events for hazard estimation and the definition of risk scenarios as a basis for Civil Protection planning and emergency management purposes. This database and related statistics about landslides and floods are shown, and a brief overview of historical disasters caused by natural hazards in the study area is presented. A case study showing how useful the database can be to define a simple but realistic scenario is described. Information availability and reliability is discussed and possible uncertainties are underlined. The study shows that collecting and making use of historical information for the definition of hypothetical scenarios and the evaluation of territorial threats is a fundamental source of knowledge to deal with future emergencies.
- Subjects
VALTELLINA (Italy); ITALY; LANDSLIDES; FLOODS; HAZARDOUS geographic environments
- Publication
Natural Hazards, 2012, Vol 60, Issue 3, p1065
- ISSN
0921-030X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11069-011-9893-6