Abstract
AbstractOn May 25, 2016, an artificial riverbank of the Arno River collapsed just upstream from the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge in the city of Florence, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. An anal...
Highlights
The historic center of Florence, Italy, was added to the World Heritage List (WHL) of UNESCO in 1982
The filling material and the alluvial deposits were classified (ASTM 1985) as silty sand (SM), while the Sillano Formation is classified as low plasticity silt (ML)
The shear strength parameters of filling material and alluvial deposits are typical of granular soils with cohesion equal to zero kPa and average frictional angles (°) of 26° and 35°, respectively
Summary
The historic center of Florence, Italy, was added to the World Heritage List (WHL) of UNESCO in 1982. The present historic center covers 5.05 km and is bounded by the remains of the city’s fourteenth-century walls. The historic center of Florence has suffered many geohydrological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and riverbank failures. The following events are worthy of mention: (1) the November 4, 1966, flood of the Arno River in Florence that killed 18 people and damaged or destroyed millions of art masterpieces and rare books (De Zolt et al 2006), and (2) the slope instabilities of San Miniato Hill’s northern slope in the historic city center of Florence documented and studied since the Renaissance (Fanti et al 2006). Several monuments in the area, have been repeatedly damaged by the presence of what has historically been interpreted as a large, slow-moving landslide (Fanti et al 2006)
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
