The Bisagno stream catchment (Genoa, Italy) and its major floods: geomorphic and land use variations in the last three centuries

Geomorphology

Volumn 273, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-27

  Faccini, Francesco ^a   Paliaga, Guido ^a   Piana, Pietro ^b   Sacchini, Alessandro ^a   Watkins, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisagno stream; Genoa; Geo hydrological hazard; Historical floods; Land use variations

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STREAMWATER;

BISAGNO VALLEY; GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA;

EID: 84981510525     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.07.037     Document Type: Article

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