Carissimo Angelo,

con la presente desideriamo segnalarti la call for abstract relativa alla Sessione 4.6 del World Landslide Forum 7 (WLF7), che si terrà in India dal 23 al 27 novembre 2026, e chiederti cortesemente la possibilità di diffonderne l’informativa tra tutti i soci AIGA. La proposta di sessione nasce nell’ambito del progetto PNRR RETURN – Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate, con riferimento al progetto LANDAM - "Le occlusioni d’alveo per frana (LANdslide DAMs): caratterizzazione, previsione e gestione dell’emergenza", coordinato dall’Università degli Studi di Perugia, con responsabile scientifico nazionale il Prof. Corrado Cencetti. I convenors della sessione sono infatti i responsabili delle linee operative del progetto.

Di seguito l’informativa della sessione:

Session 4.6:LANDSLIDE DAMS—CHARACTERIZATION, PREDICTION, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The term “landslide dam” identifies the natural blockages of river channels caused by slope movements. Dammed lakes formed upstream represent a serious hazard involving communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems (e.g., flood areas, anomalous destructive flood waves). As climate change intensifies extreme rainfall, the frequency and magnitude of landslide-dam events are expected to rise, increasing the urgency for improved mechanism understanding, risk assessment and management. This session brings together geologists, geomorphologists, hydrologists, engineers, remote-sensing specialists, and disaster-response practitioners to explore recent advances in landslide-dam topics. We welcome contributions on landslide dam classification, databases construction, physical processes that govern dam formation and failure, numerical and physical modeling of stability, sediment and hydrological dynamics, hazard and risk assessment, cascading hazard interactions and innovations in early detection using satellite, UAV, and ground-based monitoring. Case studies from both natural and engineered interventions, emergency evacuations, and integrated decision-support systems are particularly encouraged. This session is proposed within the framework of the PNRR- RETURN – Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate, Project “LANDAM” (funded by European Union – Next-GenerationEU).

CONVENORS: Paola Revellino, Corrado Cencetti, Mariano Focareta, Mirko Francioni

CO-CONVENORS: Claudia Meisina, Nicola Sciarra

Deadline: 31 marzo 2026

https://wlf7.org/themes-sessions/#

Grazie e a presto

Paola Revellino