This paper aims to define the role of Geomorphology in the assessment of the impact of human activities on the environment. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) should be carried out for specific projects, in order to evaluate their suitability for the quality of the environment. In fact, each planned activity may have an impact on various environmental components. Among these, the natural component must be examined in terms of geomorphological hazards, which may endanger a project, and of geomorphological assets (elements forming the educational and cultural heritage of the landscape), which may be damaged to various extents by human activities. The relationships between humans and environment are taken into account. with particular attention to the effects of a project on the geomorphological environment. From a geomorphological point of view, after having assessed the suitability of a certain location, mainly with respect to its morphography and morphometry. the geomorphological hazards of the area which may threaten the project (risk) must be considered; then the geomorphological assets, which may be damaged by the same project (direct impact) have to be individuated. Human activities may produCe two other kinds of effect: the first refers to the consequences of the geomorphological hazards induced by a project on the project itself (direct risk ) and on the surronding areas (indirect risk); the second takes into account the potential deterioration of a geomorphological asset due to hazards induced by the project ( indirect impact). Examples of these different cases are presented

Cavallin, A., Marchetti, M., Panizza, M., Soldati, M. (1994). The role of geomorphology in environmental impact assessment. GEOMORPHOLOGY, 9(2), 143-153 [10.1016/0169-555X(94)90072-8].

The role of geomorphology in environmental impact assessment

CAVALLIN, ANGELO;
1994

Abstract

This paper aims to define the role of Geomorphology in the assessment of the impact of human activities on the environment. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) should be carried out for specific projects, in order to evaluate their suitability for the quality of the environment. In fact, each planned activity may have an impact on various environmental components. Among these, the natural component must be examined in terms of geomorphological hazards, which may endanger a project, and of geomorphological assets (elements forming the educational and cultural heritage of the landscape), which may be damaged to various extents by human activities. The relationships between humans and environment are taken into account. with particular attention to the effects of a project on the geomorphological environment. From a geomorphological point of view, after having assessed the suitability of a certain location, mainly with respect to its morphography and morphometry. the geomorphological hazards of the area which may threaten the project (risk) must be considered; then the geomorphological assets, which may be damaged by the same project (direct impact) have to be individuated. Human activities may produCe two other kinds of effect: the first refers to the consequences of the geomorphological hazards induced by a project on the project itself (direct risk ) and on the surronding areas (indirect risk); the second takes into account the potential deterioration of a geomorphological asset due to hazards induced by the project ( indirect impact). Examples of these different cases are presented
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
EIA, GEOMORPHOLOGY
English
1994
9
2
143
153
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Cavallin, A., Marchetti, M., Panizza, M., Soldati, M. (1994). The role of geomorphology in environmental impact assessment. GEOMORPHOLOGY, 9(2), 143-153 [10.1016/0169-555X(94)90072-8].
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