In recent times, the issues of geodiversity assessment and mapping have been subject great attention, many evaluation methodologies, either quantitative or qualitative, developed. this research, a first in Liguria region has carried out, according to method based on spatial analysis techniques implemented GIS environment. This considers four diversity indices obtained by grid analysis, relevant...

Landslides are the most common natural hazard in Piemonte region (northwestern Italy). This study is focused on shallow landslides caused by sliding of surficial detrital-colluvial cover rainfall and characterized a sudden fast evolution. investigates landslide events compared with variables considered as main predisposing qualitative factors (lithology, pedology land use) to obtain zonation su...

Northeastern Brazil, an example of vulnerable semi-arid regions on the earth, is characterised by water scarcity and vulnerability of .natural resources, pronounced climatic variability and social stress situations. Integrated studies involving hydrology, ecology, meteorology, climatology, pedology, agronomy, and social and economic sciences are required not only for analysing consequences of t...

Industrial districts became important instruments which are used by the Public Power to induce economic decentralization and create new development poles. For this reason the legislative process is an indispensable means to define the priorities in the uses of soil, also to conduct and follow the process of industrial registration. However, the industrial district establishment shall not be ana...

The architecture of biogenic structures can be highly influential in determining species contributions to major soil and sediment processes, but detailed 3-D characterisations are rare and descriptors of form and complexity are lacking. Here we provide replicate high-resolution micro-focus computed tomography (μ-CT) data for the complete burrow systems of three co-occurring, but functionally co...