The influence of geological-morphological and land use settings on shallow landslides in the Pogliaschina T. Basin (northern apennines, Italy)

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On 25 October 2011, the eastern Liguria (Vara Valley and Cinque Terre area) and northwestern Tuscany (Magra Valley) were affected by an extreme rainstorm (almost 600 mm/24 h) that caused floods, thousands of shallow landslides, 13 casualties and damage to villages and infrastructure. This study aims at analysing the main features of the 25 October 2011 shallow landslides occurred in the Pogliaschina Torrent basin (25 km2 wide, Vara Valley), in order to investigate the influence of specific predisposing factors (land use, geological and structural setting, plan and profile curvature, slope angle and aspect) on landslide occurrence. For this purpose, both a landslide inventory map and a geology map (scale 1:10,000) were prepared. In addition, a database including the main geological, geomorphological, structural and land use features of the landslide source areas was implemented. The relationship between landslide source areas and the main predisposing factors was evaluated through spatial and statistical analysis.

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Bartelletti, C., Giannecchini, R., D’Amato Avanzi, G., Galanti, Y., & Mazzali, A. (2017). The influence of geological-morphological and land use settings on shallow landslides in the Pogliaschina T. Basin (northern apennines, Italy). Journal of Maps, 13(2), 142–152. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2017.1279082

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