Objective To study the regional scale interaction between slope instabilityand erosion inducing factors, such as climate and hydrology onthe one hand, and geomorphology and land use parameters on theother hand. To test and use remote sensing (RS) techniques, toestablish the "intrinsic" slope hazard state, and to determineslope hazard threshold. A side objective is also to create adata bank in GIS, to automatize parameter mapping with the aid ofRS and IET (Image Enhancement Techniques), to test thefeasibility of a large scale monitoring method with the use ofinterferometry in satellite imagery.An integrated research approach to study slope instability anderosion of natural slopes will be carried out. Special emphasiswill be given to the effect of hydrometeorological factors.Two areas of the Mediterranean basin are selected. One inNorth-West Italy, one in Northern Peloponnesus (Greece). The twoareas show rather similar geological setting but differentclimatic characters.Apart from the quite multidisciplinary approach, the studyincludes the analysis of the multi- factorial relationshipsbetween different types of slope instability and erosion relatedparameters at different scales. It is believed that such anapproach will be successful in revealing the relationshipsbetween different parameters and inducing factors. The studywill be based largely on existing data. The new data will comefrom field survey and monitoring, accompanied by satelliteimagery. The latter will allow automatic parameter mapping andensure the link between local and regional scale understanding bymeans of interferometry. The comparison of interferometryresults with field survey will enable not only a betterunderstanding of the relationship between local and regionaleffects, but will also enable the development of a new RSapplication in this sector.Relationships will be studied between: rainfall records and theoccurrence of failure and erosional events; land use, vegetationcover and the occurrence of erosional and tensile features;geomorphology and the occurrence of mass movement bodies; landuse, geomorphology and small scale displacements; hydrologicalfactors, small scale displacements and erosion. Therelationships will be analyzed with uni- and multi-variatestatistics, while ranges of influence will be studied withgeostatistics.The results will allow to use the most representative parametersfor hazard mapping and determine operational planning. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologygeomorphologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0103 - Climate change impacts Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator HYDRODATA SPA EU contribution No data Address Via Pomba 23 10123 TORINO Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSORZIO PER IL SISTEMA INFORMATIVO (CSI PIEMONTE) Italy EU contribution No data Address CORSO UNIONE SOVIETICA 216 TORINO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOSCIENCES CONSULTANTS SARL France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard Brune 189 75014 PARIS See on map Total cost No data Gamma-4 and Co. Ltd. Greece EU contribution No data Address 66,Panormou Street 11523 Athens See on map Total cost No data National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece EU contribution No data Address Panepistimioupolis 15784 Athens See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Torino Italy EU contribution No data Address Corso Raffaello 8 10126 Torino See on map Total cost No data