THE HYDROLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEM

The proposed research project does not analyze processes related to individual streams or landslides, nor the triggering factors of catastrophic events.

Instead, it will analyze the responses of the entire hydro-geomorphological system and its relationships with the impulses produced by various rainfall events.

In this context, it is believed that instability is triggered both by exceeding precipitation threshold values and by the occurrence of an atypical or unusual distribution of rainfall, or by the simultaneous occurrence of both conditions.

It is therefore believed possible to define both the threshold values of precipitation capable of triggering damaging hydrological responses and the atypical distribution of inflows. Furthermore, it is considered possible to define how climate change, an ongoing process, may modify the criteria for hazard and risk assessment.