Tags: Environmental Engineering
Evaluation and Prevention of Natural Risks
TITLE : Evaluation and Prevention of
Natural Risks
ISBN : 9780415413862
AUTHOR : Stefano
Campus (Editor), Secondo Barbero (Editor), Stefano
Bovo (Editor), Ferruccio Forlati (Editor)
PUBLISHER : Taylor
FORMAT: Hardcover
PAGES : 470
YEAR PUBLICATIONS : 2007
LANGUAGE: English
SUBJECT: Environmental Engineering
WEIGHT (KG): 1
CONDITION: Used - Very Good
DESCRIPTION:
The assessment and prevention of risks inherent to natural phenomena is
of topical interest to the scientific community and other authorities dealing
with territorial management. Historical analysis carried out in the
Piemonte-territory in north-western Italy, focusing on the consequences of
hydrogeological risks, reveals that damage is continually increasing. This can
partly be explained by the consistent expansion of urbanized areas at the
expense of areas that are essential to the natural modelling processes of the
region; the damage resulting from hydrogeological instability often being
associated with incompatible territorial decisions. This text gives a detailed
account of a series of experiences related to activities that ARPA Piemonte has
carried out focusing on the cognitive and forecasting aspects related to risk
assessment and alerting procedures.