Historical Data for Natural Hazard Risk Mitigation and Land Use Planning

Fabio Luino (), Mariano Barriendos, Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Ruediger Glaser, Christoph Gruetzner, Walter Palmieri, Sabina Porfido, Heather Sangster and Laura Turconi
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Fabio Luino: Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Strada della Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy
Mariano Barriendos: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi: Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, C. da S. Loja, 85050 Potenza, Italy
Ruediger Glaser: Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Environmental Social Science and Geography, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
Christoph Gruetzner: Institute of Geological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Sabina Porfido: Istituto di Scienze dell’Alimentazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy
Heather Sangster: Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK
Laura Turconi: Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Strada della Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-21

Abstract: This paper demonstrates how historical research is a valuable tool for identifying past geological, geomorphological and climatic hazards and therefore critical for mitigating and reducing future risk. The authors describe the potential of a scientific field that straddles that of the geologist, geographer, historian and archivist. Historical records include a range of materials and sources of information, which can be very diverse; from written documents to cartographies, and from drawings to marble tombstones. They are all useful and convey important data, on the date of the event, the size of the phenomena, sometimes on ground effects, damage or magnitude. The authors discuss how to conduct historical research by providing a list of locations and how important historical documents can be found. Works that mention geological phenomena are listed, starting with the first occasional descriptions by individuals in letters, up to very specific publications in individual fields of interest. With this introduction, the editors of the Special Issue wish to draw attention to the importance of historical documentation, which is too often ignored or considered of low priority by the scientific community, but can contain key information on events, their impacts and social and cultural adaptations.

Keywords: geological and geo-hydrological processes; historical research; old documents; land-use planning; natural hazards; risk mitigation; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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