A historical geomorphological approach to flood hazard management along the shore of an alpine lake (northern Italy)

Luino, Fabio; Belloni, A.; Turconi, Laura; Faccini, Francesco; Mantovani, A.; Fassi, P.; Marincioni, Fausto; Caldiroli, G.

doi:10.1007/s11069-018-3398-5

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“…137–139). Topographical views are also used to document single flood events: Luino et al () used a print of 1868 (artist unknown) to document a flood of Lago Maggiore using key reference points and a current photograph to illustrate its impact. Faccini, Paliaga, Piana, Sacchini, and Watkins () analysed a print by the painter Luigi Garibbo and compared it to contemporary maps to reconstruct the dynamics and water levels of the flood of the River Bisagno, Genoa, on 25 October 1822.…”

Section: Environmental Changementioning

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Questioning the view: Historical geography and topographical art

Piana

Watkins

2020

Geography Compass

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This article argues that a recent resurgence of interest in topographical art has opened up a new and exciting debate about how such drawings and paintings can be used by historical geographers. This is demonstrated by a review of recent research by historical geographers, art historians, and historians, which explores how topographical art is being interrogated to examine landscape history and environmental change. Topographical views provide insights into the way in which landscapes of the past were shaped, used, and perceived. The article establishes that topographical art is increasingly used in the analysis of past geomorphological processes, which have significant implications for current landscape and heritage management. It reveals that when topographical art is correctly contextualized it can be an extremely valuable source. The artist's biography and education is of crucial importance, as well as the comparison with historical cartographies, documents, and field data. Historical geographers are particularly well placed to undertake research, which questions the artwork's accuracy and goes beyond its literal interpretation as a straightforward depiction of a place.

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Section: Environmental Changementioning

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Questioning the view: Historical geography and topographical art

Piana

Watkins

2020

Geography Compass

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“…The database includes 22,000 records related to landslides related to over 18,500 affected localities, and over 7500 records concerning floods, covering 12,000 affected sites. Beyond national databases, many works have been published since the nineties covering specific time spans and specific geographic areas of Italy [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. However, despite numerous studies, some recent natural extreme events are almost unknown to the scientific community as well as citizens.…”

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Rewinding the Tape: Documentary Heritage to (Re)discover “Lost” Natural Hazards—Evidence and Inferences from Southern Italy

Gizzi,

Bovolin,

Villani

et al. 2024

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The knowledge of natural hazards that occurred in the past is essential for implementing forecasting and prevention actions, for managing risk, and identifying proper land use. Floods do not escape this rule. This article sheds light on an unknown intense rainfall period, which affected the Campania region and the territory of the current Molise region (Southern Italy) on October–November 1961. The period culminated in floods, particularly involving the town of Benevento (Campania region), which had been affected by several inundations over centuries. The research made an extensive use of unpublished archival sources. The documents allowed us to both outline the pluviometric and hydrological picture of the period and catalogue seventeen physical and environmental effects suffered by over two hundred municipalities. Furthermore, we also disclosed the economic consequences in the wide territory involved. Special attention was paid to Benevento, for which we also drew up the scenario map related to the 19 October flood. For this town, historical data were effective for developing and testing the hydraulic model of the Sabato and Calore Rivers, which overflowed at the site. In this regard, we made some considerations on the current flood risk of the town. From a methodological point of view, we stress the importance of a historical approach in close relationship to other expertise for the knowledge of natural hazards, tracing also some future perspectives. The research complies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 11 concerned with making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. The research findings will be useful for scholars and practitioners for both improving flood hazard models and arranging archival research path. Finally, local authorities in charge of risk mitigation can also benefit from the research results.

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“…In Italy, historical maps have been employed both for hydrogeological risk management and for the analysis and management of geomorphological hazards and risks (Belardi & Zanichelli, 2011;Bonardi & Mastrovito, 2020;Carallo, 2020;Cencetti et al, 2020;Faccini et al, 2016;Giardino et al, 2015;Lazzari, 2014;Luino et al, 2018;Masotti, 2017;Piana et al, 2019;Piastra, 2015;Tacconi Stefanelli et al, 2016;Zanichelli, 2011). For these purposes, historical maps were used usually together with field data, photos and documents from archives and toponymic data (Cassi, 2009;Valbona & Gabellieri, 2016).…”

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Geo-historical study for landslide hazard assessment in territory management: the Casaleto-Illica landslide in the Ceno Valley (Northern Apennines, Italy)

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Landslides inventories are crucial documents for extrapolating the spatial distribution of landslides that occurred in the past. However, the production of landslide hazards maps also needs deepening the knowledge on the temporal distribution of landslide activity. In this regard, historical maps and archive documents represent important sources of data and information on territory evolution through time and especially on landslides occurrence. Nevertheless, these kinds of data sources are rarely considered as they often must be interpreted integrating different disciplines. This work shows how historical and geomorphological data on landslides occurrence in an area of the Northern Apennines can be integrated to produce a synthesis map. This synthesis map put together analogic and digital information allowing to delineate the landscape evolution, in terms of spatial and especially temporal changes occurred in the study area representing a tool that could be useful for the landslide hazard assessment in territory management.

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A historical geomorphological approach to flood hazard management along the shore of an alpine lake (northern Italy)

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

Questioning the view: Historical geography and topographical art

Questioning the view: Historical geography and topographical art

Rewinding the Tape: Documentary Heritage to (Re)discover “Lost” Natural Hazards—Evidence and Inferences from Southern Italy

Geo-historical study for landslide hazard assessment in territory management: the Casaleto-Illica landslide in the Ceno Valley (Northern Apennines, Italy)

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