Abstract
Forecasting the effects of forthcoming climate changes on natural hazards is a new frontier of the research. The problem is crucial for landslide hazard but available data are still doubtful, thus only some hypotheses can be drawn. The paper examines the potential effects of climate during next 50 years on two active landslides in clay. Considerations are based on data regarding local rainfall history, available climatic scenarios, monitoring and results of simple geotechnical analyses.
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Present work is being carried with the support of the project SafeLand under Grant Agreement No. 226479 in the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission.
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Comegna, L., Tommasi, P., Picarelli, L., Bucchignani, E., Mercogliano, P. (2013). The Impact of Climatic Changes on the Behaviour of Active Landslides in Clay. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31337-0_7
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