Introduction.
Fundamentals of geomorphological hazard and risk.
The tools of geomorphology applied to the hazards assessment: geomorphological mapping, GIS software, morphometric analyzes, etc.
Hazard in the river environment: types of riverbeds, morphometry, instability. Geomorphological mapping of the riverbeds. Floods: fundamentals, causes, geomorphological features, control, cases. Erosion and transport streams, stabilization of banks and slopes, stabilization of the riverbeds, rectifications, longitudinal and transversal works.
Hazard in the glacial and periglacial environment (outline)
Hazard in the coastal environment: rock coast and sand coasts; coastal retreat and related causes. Beach erosion. Coast erosion mitigation: longitudinal and transversal works, nourishment and artificial beaches.
Hazard in karst environments (CENNI).
Danger and risk of the environment of the slope: geomorphological analysis of landslides, triggering and predisposing factors, methods of analysis of landslide hazard
Examples of geomorphological hazard related to mountain, hilly and coastal areas.
Exercises
Laboratory and field activities of the mapping methods and quantitative geomorphic analysis for the characterization of the main physiographic units and the hazard assessment.
Tools of geomorphological analysis and data sources. Cartographic analysis. Quantitative geomorphic analysis. Morphometric analysis of the drainage network and of the river channels. Morphometric analysis of the relief. Analysis of coastal areas: multitemporal analysis, coastal erosion analysis. Analysis of meteoclimatic and meteorological data.
Quantitative and geomorphological cartographic and geomorphic analysis for the characterization of geomorphological hazards, also through GIS software.