Response of Terraced Slopes to a Very Intense Rainfall Event and Relationships with Land Abandonment: A Case Study from Cinque Terre (Italy)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 630-642

  Brandolini, Pierluigi ^a   Cevasco, Andrea ^a   Capolongo, Domenico ^b   Pepe, Giacomo ^c   Lovergine, Francesco ^d   Del Monte, Maurizio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

agricultural terraces; high resolution topography; land abandonment; LiDAR data; shallow landslides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL TERRACES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND ABANDONMENTS; LIDAR DATA; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ABANDONED LAND; EROSION RATE; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; RAINFALL; SLOPE; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CINQUE TERRE; ITALY; LA SPEZIA [LIGURIA]; LIGURIA;

EID: 85014767771     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2672     Document Type: Article

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