Matthew Mcdowell
The influence of wildfires on the occurrence of shallow landslides and related triggering mechanisms.
Rel. Pierluigi Claps, Giulia Evangelista, Davide Tiranti. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Environmental And Land Engineering, 2023
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Abstract
Gravitational phenomena, like shallow landslides and debris flows, are very common in Italy due to the orographic and geological features of the territory, two mountain chains go all across the nation indeed (Alps and Apennines). It has already been demonstrated that it is impossible to avoid them all occurring; that is why prevention measures and studies are needed to decrease the damages and victims that such phenomena could cause. Exploiting the database of the Piemonte Region and Regional Agency of Environmental Protection of Piemonte (ARPA Piemonte), an attempt has been made to investigate the variations of soils affected by wildfires. Numerous studies have demonstrated that hydrological characteristics’ variations due to wildfire have to be examined.
Whether these correlations have been sufficiently demonstrated for debris flows around the world, as analyzed in a recent article by Tiranti et al., (2021) in Piemonte, for the shallow landslides have not been made many studies in this regard and it is not yet clear how a wildfire could predispose shallow landslides
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