A geotechnical monitoring campaign and a site investigation have been recently planned undertaken aiming at the preservation protection of “ Palazzone ” Etruscan necropolis, an archaeological dated back to Hellenistic period located 4 km from city Perugia, along southeastern margin hill where town is settled. The includes some beautiful monumental cavities, among them, Volumni Hypogeum . majori...

This paper presents a methodology tuned to support the management of underground pipelines (sewer and aqueduct networks) in Rome, often threatened by sudden formation sinkholes related upward migration existing cavities. The integrates data coming from assessment susceptibility sinkhole advanced processing satellite-based SAR imagery. former, performed through multivariate logistic regression t...

Sinkholes are a widespread geological hazard, typical of karst lands, where they generally originate as collapse features related to presence underground voids. Nevertheless, other types sinkholes can be formed through solution, suffusion and sagging processes. also originated in relation artificial cavities, excavated by man past times. In Italy, interest large sectors the country, given very ...

Underground pumped storage hydropower (UPSH) is an attractive opportunity to manage the production of electricity from renewable energy sources in flat regions, which will contribute expansion their use and, thus, mitigating emissions greenhouse gasses (GHGs) atmosphere. A logical option construct future UPSH plants consists taking advantage existing underground cavities excavated with mining p...