Landslides are one of the most dangerous natural hazards since they degrade the productivity of soils, harm people, and damage property. Slope failures are caused by a combination of several factors; in unsaturated granular deposits which are often susceptible to rapid catastrophic landslides induced by rainwater infiltration, climatic conditions play a fundamental role. Therefore, global warming due to the greenhouse effect and changes in precipitation and evaporation patterns might affect future landslide hazard. The paper reports the results of a complex investigation in a sample site, including in situ suction and precipitation monitoring, soil characterization and numerical simulations which allowed us to focus on some aspects of climate change on slope behaviour. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
Potential effects of climate change on slope stability in unsaturated pyroclastic soils
Damiano, Emilia
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2013
Abstract
Landslides are one of the most dangerous natural hazards since they degrade the productivity of soils, harm people, and damage property. Slope failures are caused by a combination of several factors; in unsaturated granular deposits which are often susceptible to rapid catastrophic landslides induced by rainwater infiltration, climatic conditions play a fundamental role. Therefore, global warming due to the greenhouse effect and changes in precipitation and evaporation patterns might affect future landslide hazard. The paper reports the results of a complex investigation in a sample site, including in situ suction and precipitation monitoring, soil characterization and numerical simulations which allowed us to focus on some aspects of climate change on slope behaviour. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
