Man and the environment. Geological risks. Rocks and soils. Water and the territory. Landslides and floods. Seismic risk. Geological risks in areas of high historical-cultural value: Italian sites at risk in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Man and the environment: Natural and Cultural Heritage. Definition of risk, geological risks.
Technical geological characterization of soils and rocks. Water and the territory:
principles of hydrology, hydrogeology, outflows, fluvial processes. The floods of Florence. Landslides,
classification and causes, monitoring systems, interventions, presentation of cases of
study concerning Cultural Heritage. Seismic risk: causes and distribution of earthquakes, effects of
seismic amplification. Geological risks in areas of high historical-cultural value: Italian sites a
risk in the UNESCO World Heritage List.