Hindcasting extreme events: the occurrence and expression of damaging floods and landslides in Southern Italy
Abstract Extreme rainstorm events across the Mediterranean have caused significant loss of life and damage to property and livelihoods. Italy is particularly vulnerable to natural hazards with recent events such as the 1996 floods in Versilia and the 1998 mass‐movement failures at Sarno causing the...
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crwiley:10.1002/ldr.743 2024-09-15T18:23:19+00:00 Hindcasting extreme events: the occurrence and expression of damaging floods and landslides in Southern Italy Clarke, M. L. Rendell, H. M. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.743 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fldr.743 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ldr.743 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Land Degradation & Development volume 17, issue 4, page 365-380 ISSN 1085-3278 1099-145X journal-article 2006 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.743 2024-07-25T04:24:00Z Abstract Extreme rainstorm events across the Mediterranean have caused significant loss of life and damage to property and livelihoods. Italy is particularly vulnerable to natural hazards with recent events such as the 1996 floods in Versilia and the 1998 mass‐movement failures at Sarno causing the deaths of 174 people. We have analysed 50 years of rainfall records to hindcast extreme rainstorms that have affected the eastern Basilicata region of southern Italy. Historical and archive data of individual floods and landslides have been compared with their antecedent rainfall conditions in order to characterize the nature of events that cause damage to society and infrastructure. Analysis of extreme‐event frequency shows a decreasing annual trend related to changes in regional climate conditions in the western and central Mediterranean driven by changes in the strength of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Land‐degradation problems associated with floods and landslides are decreasing due to a drier winter climate coupled with improved hazard mitigation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Wiley Online Library Land Degradation & Development 17 4 365 380 |
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Abstract Extreme rainstorm events across the Mediterranean have caused significant loss of life and damage to property and livelihoods. Italy is particularly vulnerable to natural hazards with recent events such as the 1996 floods in Versilia and the 1998 mass‐movement failures at Sarno causing the deaths of 174 people. We have analysed 50 years of rainfall records to hindcast extreme rainstorms that have affected the eastern Basilicata region of southern Italy. Historical and archive data of individual floods and landslides have been compared with their antecedent rainfall conditions in order to characterize the nature of events that cause damage to society and infrastructure. Analysis of extreme‐event frequency shows a decreasing annual trend related to changes in regional climate conditions in the western and central Mediterranean driven by changes in the strength of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Land‐degradation problems associated with floods and landslides are decreasing due to a drier winter climate coupled with improved hazard mitigation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Hindcasting extreme events: the occurrence and expression of damaging floods and landslides in Southern Italy |
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Hindcasting extreme events: the occurrence and expression of damaging floods and landslides in Southern Italy |
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Hindcasting extreme events: the occurrence and expression of damaging floods and landslides in Southern Italy |
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