Aufsatz(elektronisch)12. April 2012

Landslide hazard and land management in high-density urban areas of Campania region, Italy

In: Natural hazards and earth system sciences: NHESS, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 905-926

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Abstract

Abstract. Results deriving from a research focused on the interplay between landslides and urban development are presented here, with reference to two densely populated settings located in the Campania region, Italy: the city of Naples and the island of Ischia. Both areas suffer adverse consequences from various types of landslides since at least 2000 yr. Our study evidences that, despite the long history of slope instabilities, the urban evolution, often illegal, disregarded the high landslide propensity of the hillsides; thus, unsafe lands have been occupied, even in recent years, when proper and strict rules have been enacted to downgrade the landslide risk. It is finally argued that future guidelines should not be entirely based upon physical countermeasures against mass movements. On the contrary, national and local authorities should enforce the territorial control, obliging citizens to respect the existing regulations and emphasizing the role of alternative, non-structural solutions.

Sprachen

Englisch

Verlag

Copernicus GmbH

ISSN: 1684-9981

DOI

10.5194/nhess-12-905-2012

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