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| Titel |
Flood history in the karst environment of Castellana-Grotte (Apulia, southern Italy) |
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M. Parise |
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Englisch
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1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 3, no. 6 ; Nr. 3, no. 6, S.593-604 |
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250001315
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-3-593-2003.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Karst environments
are characterized by peculiar hydrologic features, and in particular by a
very limited, if not absent, surface hydrography. Water tends to
infiltrate rapidly underground through the complex network of fractures
and karstic conduits in the rock mass. However, on the occasion of
concentrated rainfall, as well as in case of prolonged precipitation, such
network might not be able to allow flowing of large amounts of water,
which causes the occurrence of floods. This contribution illustrates the
flood history in a classical karst area of Southern Italy, the town of
Castellana-Grotte, in Apulia. The oldest part of the town lies at the
bottom of a karst valley, which was hit by many flood events in the last
centuries. More than twenty of these are here documented, starting from
critical analysis of existing publications and documents, integrated with
additional historical researches. Aimed at reconstructing the flood
history at Castellana-Grotte, the best-documented events are described,
together with the main factors, which played a role in distribution and
gravity of the related damage. Eventually some engineering works realized
during the first decades of the last century, in order to avoid further
damage on the occasion of catastrophic floods, are also described. |
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