Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) is a historical and environmental attraction site frequented by tourists especially during the long warm season of the year. Over several centuries the sea cliffs constituted by calcareous sandstone cropping out in the east side of the island have been exploited for the production of building stone. Currently, the quarries used for the rock extraction as well as the natural cliffs are undergoing extensive erosional and gravitational processes. Besides putting at risk the safety of the people attending the area, the widespread rock falls are likely to threaten sites of great historical and anthropological value that, once destroyed, can no longer be reconstructed. The rock mass quality assessment and slope displacement monitoring of cliffs were carried on to identify the most unstable areas providing a support to the local authorities in the implementation of effective and sustainable mitigation measures. If adequate measures will be taken in future, operators and users of the tourist circuit will have the opportunity to enjoy these amazing sites with a reduced risk.

Landslide monitoring at the Cala Rossa Sea Cliff (Favignana Island, Sicily) / Falconi, Luca; Iannucci, Roberto; Martino, Salvatore; Paciello, Antonella; Screpanti, Augusto; Verrubbi, Vladimiro. - STAMPA. - Volume 2: Advances in landslide science:(2017), pp. 123-131. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th World Landslide Forum “Landslide research and risk reduction for advancing culture of living with natural hazards" tenutosi a Ljubljana (Slovenia) nel 29 Maggio-2 Giugno 2017) [10.1007/978-3-319-53498-5_15].

Landslide monitoring at the Cala Rossa Sea Cliff (Favignana Island, Sicily)

IANNUCCI, ROBERTO;MARTINO, Salvatore;Paciello, Antonella;Verrubbi, Vladimiro
2017

Abstract

Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) is a historical and environmental attraction site frequented by tourists especially during the long warm season of the year. Over several centuries the sea cliffs constituted by calcareous sandstone cropping out in the east side of the island have been exploited for the production of building stone. Currently, the quarries used for the rock extraction as well as the natural cliffs are undergoing extensive erosional and gravitational processes. Besides putting at risk the safety of the people attending the area, the widespread rock falls are likely to threaten sites of great historical and anthropological value that, once destroyed, can no longer be reconstructed. The rock mass quality assessment and slope displacement monitoring of cliffs were carried on to identify the most unstable areas providing a support to the local authorities in the implementation of effective and sustainable mitigation measures. If adequate measures will be taken in future, operators and users of the tourist circuit will have the opportunity to enjoy these amazing sites with a reduced risk.
2017
4th World Landslide Forum “Landslide research and risk reduction for advancing culture of living with natural hazards"
cliff; monitoring; hazard; Favignana Island, Sicily
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Landslide monitoring at the Cala Rossa Sea Cliff (Favignana Island, Sicily) / Falconi, Luca; Iannucci, Roberto; Martino, Salvatore; Paciello, Antonella; Screpanti, Augusto; Verrubbi, Vladimiro. - STAMPA. - Volume 2: Advances in landslide science:(2017), pp. 123-131. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th World Landslide Forum “Landslide research and risk reduction for advancing culture of living with natural hazards" tenutosi a Ljubljana (Slovenia) nel 29 Maggio-2 Giugno 2017) [10.1007/978-3-319-53498-5_15].
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