Late Quaternary environmental evolution of the Como urban area (Northern Italy): A multidisciplinary tool for risk management and urban planning

Ferrario, Maria Francesca; Bonadeo, L.; Brunamonte, Fabio; Livio, Franz; Martinelli, Elisa; Michetti, Alessandro Maria; Neri, Paolo; Chiessi, Vittorio; Comerci, Valerio; Höbig, Nicole

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“…The Como branch of Lake Como has been hydrologically closed since ca. 18 thousand years (kyr) ago, making it a perfect sedimentary trap for fine-grained, often organic lacustrine and palustrine deposits with high sedimentation rates [37]. The city center lies on an alluvial plain drained by the Cosia and Valduce streams, and bordered by steep mountain slopes composed of Mesozoic pelagic carbonates to the NE (i.e., the Medolo Group-Early Jurassic) and by deep sea fan conglomerates to the SW (the Gonfolite Group-Oligo-Miocene) thrust on top of the Mesozoic units ( Figure 1c).…”

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“…In this paper, we use historical InSAR data from 1992 to 2010 to investigate the spatial distribution of subsidence in the Como basin (northern Italy), induced by the combined action of several natural and anthropic causes in the investigated time range. The city of Como is naturally prone to subside because of a thick sequence (more than 180 m) of unconsolidated silty clay sediments with poor mechanical properties [37], which cause a long-term Late Pleistocene to Holocene subsidence rate of 1-2.5 mm/year [3]. Several previous studies have investigated the subsidence in the Como basin and contributed to the current good knowledge of the hydrogeological, geotechnical, and geomorphological properties of the basin [3,37,38].…”

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“…The city of Como is naturally prone to subside because of a thick sequence (more than 180 m) of unconsolidated silty clay sediments with poor mechanical properties [37], which cause a long-term Late Pleistocene to Holocene subsidence rate of 1-2.5 mm/year [3]. Several previous studies have investigated the subsidence in the Como basin and contributed to the current good knowledge of the hydrogeological, geotechnical, and geomorphological properties of the basin [3,37,38]. This knowledge provides the basis for interpreting the recently available historical InSAR measurements, thus exploring the subsidence in the Como basin from a new perspective.…”

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Regression Analysis of Subsidence in the Como Basin (Northern Italy): New Insights on Natural and Anthropic Drivers from InSAR Data

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Natural and anthropogenic subsidence such as that in the Como urban area (northern Italy) can cause significant damage to structures and infrastructure, and expose the city’s lakefront to an increasing risk of inundation from Lake Como. This phenomenon affecting the Como basin has been studied by several researchers, and the major drivers of subsidence are known. However, the availability of historical InSAR data allowed us to reconsider the relationship between subsidence predisposing factors (i.e., the thicknesses of reworked and compressible layers, overburden stress, and the piezometric level) and ground surface displacements with higher precision over the entire basin. Benefiting from the deep knowledge of the hydromechanical setting of the Como basin and the availability of InSAR measurements from 1992 to 2010, in this paper we model subsidence-related movements using linear and nonlinear regression methods in order to determine the combination of natural and anthropic factors that have caused subsidence in the Como basin over the past decades. The results of this study highlight peculiar patterns of subsidence that suggest the influence of two further causes, namely tectonic control of the sedimentary architecture and diversion of local streams, which have never been considered before. This analysis aims to assess the spatial distribution of subsidence through InSAR analysis in order to enhance the knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon in the Como urban area. The interferometric data could be used to better plan urban risk management strategies.

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“…All these topics demonstrate how urban geomorphology has important implications in urban planning (Ferrario et al 2015, Youssef et al 2015, Brown et al 2016, as well as in the comprehension of the extent of human activities on geomorphological processes (Brown et al 2013), considering that humans have influenced the natural evolution of the Earth so deeply to suggest the introduction of the concept of the Anthropocene (Crutzen, Stoermer 2000).…”

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Contribution for an Urban Geomorphoheritage Assessment Method: Proposal from Three Geomorphosites in Rome (Italy)

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PicA A., luberti G.M., VerGAri F., Fredi P., del Monte M., 2017. Contribution for an urban geomorphoheritage assessment method: proposal from three geomorphosites in Rome (Italy). Quaestiones Geographicae 36(3), Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań, pp. 21-36. 7 figs, 1 table.AbstrAct: Urban geomorphology has important implications in spatial planning of human activities, and it also has a geotouristic potential due to the relationship between cultural and geomorphological heritage. Despite the introduction of the term Anthropocene to describe the deep influence that human activities have had in recent times on Earth evolution, urban geomorphological heritage studies are relatively rare and limited and urban geotourism development is recent. The analysis of the complex urban landscape often need the integration of multidisciplinary data. This study aims to propose the first urban geomorphoheritage assessment method, which originates after long-lasting previous geomorphological and geotouristic studies on Rome city centre, it depict rare examples of the geomorphological mapping of a metropolis and, at the same time, of an inventory of urban geomorphosites. The proposal is applied to geomorphosites in the Esquilino neighbourhood of Rome, whose analysis confirm the need for an ad hoc method for assessing urban geomorphosites, as already highlighted in the most recent literature on the topic. The urban geomorphoheritage assessment method is based on: (i) the urban geomorphological analysis by means of multitemporal and multidisciplinary data; (ii) the geomorphosite inventory; and (iii) the geomorphoheritage assessment and enhancement. One challenge is to assess invisible geomorphosites that are widespread in urban context. To this aim, we reworked the attributes describing the Value of a site for Geotourism in order to build up a specific methodology for the analysis of the urban geomorphological heritage.

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“…Regarding the differences between unidisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, quite a few researchers have tried to empirically prove them, in particular, in the research area of emergency medicine and education (Beckett et al, 2012;Chen et al, 2009;Ferrario et al, 2015). Although the focus of each research has been distinct depending on individual viewpoints, many researchers have indicated that the characteristics of multidisciplinary emergency managers are superior to those of unidisciplinary emergency managers (Thomson and Black, 2008).…”

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a b s t r a c tAlthough the number of emergency managers has risen in South Korea (hereafter referred to as Korea) over the years, their role is not yet as defined and noteworthy compared to other professions because of its unidisciplinary approach. This article investigates how Korea has to improve emergency managers' disciplinary approach to ultimately contribute to the goal of effective transnational disaster management. This study uses qualitative content analysis of government policies, college curricula, nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs') emergencymanager certification, and mass media coverage to compare emergency managers' unidisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. The key tenet is that Korea must change its emergency managers' unidisciplinary approach into a multidisciplinary approach because the former is less effective when dealing with complicated disaster management systems. To achieve this change, the stakeholders must carry out their assigned responsibilities under risk-oriented management. As for the study's international implications, developing nations may consider the enhancement of related educational curricula, collaborative learning, continuous evaluation, disaster awareness, and disaster prevention for the emergency managers' multidisciplinary approach.

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Late Quaternary environmental evolution of the Como urban area (Northern Italy): A multidisciplinary tool for risk management and urban planning

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Regression Analysis of Subsidence in the Como Basin (Northern Italy): New Insights on Natural and Anthropic Drivers from InSAR Data

Regression Analysis of Subsidence in the Como Basin (Northern Italy): New Insights on Natural and Anthropic Drivers from InSAR Data

Contribution for an Urban Geomorphoheritage Assessment Method: Proposal from Three Geomorphosites in Rome (Italy)

Examining professional emergency managers in Korea

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