Abstract
The factors affecting slope stability are various, and virtually most are closely interconnected. Among these, meteoric events (or rather, the effects induced by these) are of primary importance, both as predisposing elements, and above all, as triggering factors. Detailed models describing hydrological phenomena at hill-slope scale are complex and expensive. Alternatively, simpler conceptual or empirical models can be used. These models directly correlate rainfall and landslide occurrence and may give satisfactory results both in hazard analysis and real-time forecast. Empirical thresholds are defined collecting rainfall data for landslide meteoric events and for events without landslides. In this paper, the results of a hydrological model correlating the rainfall amount and the landslide occurrences in the Enna area (South Italy) are reported and discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Aleotti P (2004) A warning system for rainfall-induced shallow failures. Eng Geol 73:247–265
D’Amato Avanzi G, Giannecchini R, Puccinelli A (2004) The influence of the geological and geomorphological settings on shallow landslides. An example in a temperate climate environment: the June 19, 1996 event in north-western Tuscany (Italy). Eng Geol 73(3–4):215–228
Di Grande A, Giandinoto V (2002) Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary facies and their evolution in centre-south-eastern Sicily: a working hypothesis. Eur Geosci Union Stephan Mueller Spec Publ Ser 1:211–221
Felice E, Versace P (1990) Identificazione delle piogge capaci di innescare movimenti franosi. In: Proceedings of the XXII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Cosenza Italy, 4–7 Ottobre, pp 343–369
Frattini P, Crosta GB, Fusi N, Dal Negro P (2004) Shallow landslides in pyroclastic soils: a distributed modelling approach for hazard assessment. Eng Geol 73:277–295
Guzzetti F, Cardinali M, Reichenbach P, Cipolla F, Sebastiani C, Galli M, Salvati P (2004) Landslides triggered by the 23 November 2000 rainfall event in the Imperia Province, Western Liguria, Italy. Eng Geol 73:229–245
Guzzetti F, Peruccacci S, Rossi M (2005) Definition of critical threshold for different scenarios. Action 1.16 Progetto Europeo Riskaware (INTERREG IIIB CADSES 3b064)
Maugeri M, Motta E (2011) Effects of heavy rainfalls on slope behaviour: the October 1, 2009 disaster of Messina (Italy). Geotechnics and earthquake geotechnics towards global sustainability. Susumu Iai Editor. ISBN/ISSN: 978-94-007
Sirangelo B, Braca G (2004) Identification of hazard conditions for mudflow occurrence by hydrological model. Application of FLaIR model to Sarno warning system. Eng Geol 73:267–276
Sirangelo B, Versace P (1992) Modelli stocastici di precipitazione e soglie pluviometriche di innesco dei movimenti franosi. In: Proceedings of XXIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, 31 Agosto–4 Settembre 1992, Florence, Italy, pp D361–D373
Sirangelo B, Versace P (2002) Un modello probabilistico per la predizione in tempo reale delle altezze di precipitazione a scala oraria. In: Proceedings of XXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, 16–19 Settembre 2002, Potenza, Italy, pp 395–414
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Castelli, F., Lentini, V. (2013). Landsliding Events Triggered by Rainfalls in the Enna Area (South Italy). In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31445-2_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31445-2_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-31444-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-31445-2
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)