Hillslope degradation in representative Italian areas: Just soil erosion risk or opportunity for development?

P Brandolini, G Pepe, D Capolongo… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, much research have dealt with the impact of human and climate change on
the morpho‐evolution of Mediterranean catchments characterized by high ecological and …

Landform classification: a high-performing mapping unit partitioning tool for landslide susceptibility assessment—a test in the Imera River basin (northern Sicily, Italy)

C Martinello, C Cappadonia, C Conoscenti… - Landslides, 2022 - Springer
In landslide susceptibility studies, the type of mapping unit adopted affects the obtained
models and maps in terms of accuracy, robustness, spatial resolution and geomorphological …

Flash flood risk modeling of swat river sub-watershed: a comparative analysis of morphometric ranking approach and El-Shamy approach

MJ Nasir, J Iqbal, W Ahmad - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020 - Springer
Globally, flash floods are the most damaging natural hazards, because of its sudden nature
and difficulty in forecasting that restrains emergency responses. Flash floods triggered by …

Optimal slope units partitioning in landslide susceptibility mapping

C Martinello, C Cappadonia, C Conoscenti… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In landslide susceptibility modeling, the selection of the mapping units is a very relevant
topic both in terms of geomorphological adequacy and suitability of the models and final …

Morphometry governs the dynamics of a drainage basin: analysis and implications

A Biswas, D Das Majumdar, S Banerjee - Geography Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mountainous rivers are the most significant source of water supply in the Himalayan
provinces of India. The drainage basin dynamics of these rivers are controlled by the …

Assessing, measuring and modelling erosion in calanchi areas: a review

NA Caraballo-Arias, V Ferro - Journal of Agricultural …, 2016 - agroengineering.org
Calanchi are erosion landforms characterised by a heavily dissected terrain with steep,
unvegetated slopes and channels with a dendritic pattern, which rapidly incise and extend …

Soil erosion susceptibility assessment of Swat River sub-watersheds using the morphometry-based compound factor approach and GIS

MJ Nasir, W Ahmad, C Jun, J Iqbal… - Environmental Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Watershed prioritization is essential in sub-watershed (SW) natural resource management.
The Swat River watershed in the Hindukush mountains of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the effects of cell size in statistical landslide susceptibility modelling for different landslide typologies: a test in central–northern sicily

C Martinello, C Cappadonia, E Rotigliano - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optimally sizing grid cells is a relevant research issue in landslide susceptibility evaluation.
In fact, the size of the adopted mapping units influences several aspects spanning from …

Evaluating the effect of the actual eroded badland area on the estimate of eroded volume in Italian calanchi areas

G Guida, A Nicosia, V Palmeri… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
According to the available literature, the morphometric characteristics of badland basins (eg,
area of the badland drainage basin, A, and actual eroded badland area, AE) can be used for …

Assessment of suspended sediment dynamics in a small ungauged badland catchment in the Northern Apennines (Italy) using an in-situ laser diffraction method

A Bosino, DA Szatten, A Omran, S Crema, M Crozi… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
The volumes and dynamics of suspended sediments drained from a watershed are often
unknown, especially in small creeks and tributaries where continuous discharge …