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Cultural heritage represents our legacy with the past and our identity. However, to assure heritage can be passed on to future generations, it is required to put into the field knowledge as well as preventive and safeguard actions, especially for heritage located in seismic hazard-prone areas. With this in mind, the article deals with the analysis of ground response in the Avellino town (Campania, Southern Italy) and its correlation with the effects caused by the 23rd November 1980 Irpinia earthquake on the historical buildings. The aim is to get some clues about the earthquake damage cause-effect relationship. To estimate the ground motion response for Avellino, where strong-motion recordings are not available, we made use of the seismic hazard disaggregation. Then, we made extensive use of borehole data to build the lithological model so being able to assess the seismic ground response. Overall, results indicate that the complex subsoil layers influence the ground motion, particularly in the lowest period (0.1–0.5 s). The comparison with the observed damage of the selected historical buildings and the maximum acceleration expected indicates that the damage distribution cannot be explained by the surface geology effects alone.
Lucia Nardone; Fabrizio Gizzi; Rosalba Maresca. Ground Response and Historical Buildings in Avellino (Campania, Southern Italy): Clues from a Retrospective View Concerning the 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata Earthquake. Geosciences 2020, 10, 503 .
AMA StyleLucia Nardone, Fabrizio Gizzi, Rosalba Maresca. Ground Response and Historical Buildings in Avellino (Campania, Southern Italy): Clues from a Retrospective View Concerning the 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata Earthquake. Geosciences. 2020; 10 (12):503.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLucia Nardone; Fabrizio Gizzi; Rosalba Maresca. 2020. "Ground Response and Historical Buildings in Avellino (Campania, Southern Italy): Clues from a Retrospective View Concerning the 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata Earthquake." Geosciences 10, no. 12: 503.
The November 23rd, 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata (Southern Italy) earthquake is one of the strongest earthquakes ever occurred in Italy. The earthquake was a natural laboratory for the scientific community, which was engaged highly and promptly in investigating the event, thus publishing a flood of papers in different research areas over time. Just these research outputs are the focus of the article, which examines, with a tailored methodological approach, the international and national (Italian) studies started and advanced since the occurrence of the earthquake. First, we built and analyzed statistically two bibliographic databanks regarding the earthquake studies: (a) the international version of IRpinia Bibliographic databASE (IR_BASE_ENG), selecting and standardizing the pertinent scientific documents extracted from Scopus, Web of Science, and other databases and (b) the national version of the database (IR_BASE_IT) using the Google Scholar search engine to search for the most relevant papers in Italian. Second, IR_BASE_ENG was analyzed in a bibliometric perspective through the data mining VOSviewer software (Waltman et al., 2010) that builds co-occurrence term maps useful in perspective of investigating the wide-ranging studies on the earthquake. Third, taking a cue from this network analysis, we recognized the main research topics and performed a minireview of the related international studies, integrating in it a quick reference to the literature in Italian. Finally, we associated the scientific outputs to each cluster/topic, also performing the frequency analysis of the published documents for each subject, thus gaining information on the temporal trends of studies and getting a more exhaustive evidence of the scientific landscape on the earthquake over the last 40 years.
Fabrizio Gizzi; Maria Potenza. The Scientific Landscape of November 23rd, 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata Earthquake: Taking Stock of (Almost) 40 Years of Studies. Geosciences 2020, 10, 482 .
AMA StyleFabrizio Gizzi, Maria Potenza. The Scientific Landscape of November 23rd, 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata Earthquake: Taking Stock of (Almost) 40 Years of Studies. Geosciences. 2020; 10 (12):482.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Gizzi; Maria Potenza. 2020. "The Scientific Landscape of November 23rd, 1980 Irpinia-Basilicata Earthquake: Taking Stock of (Almost) 40 Years of Studies." Geosciences 10, no. 12: 482.
Most of the artistic heritage in the Mediterranean basin is hosted in rupestrian hypogeum whose peculiarity is given by the presence of at least one open side, which makes them particularly sensitive to meteorological conditions. This makes mandatory the monitoring of both indoor and outdoor environmental parameters to analyze the cause–effect relationship between microclimatic inside and outside the hypogeum. The paper proposes a spatial and temporal multi-scale methodological approach applied to a rupestrian church in Matera, which hosts precious wall paintings, particularly vulnerable to the effects of environmental parameters. The approach is based on the analysis of data acquired by three platforms: indoor, close-range outdoor, and outdoor data from a meteorological station and weather forecast from the COSMO 5 model. The method allowed to characterize the relationships between the indoor and outdoor parameters at different spatial and temporal scales. The results showed a significant correlation between the parameters, thus opening new opportunities for the monitoring of the rupestrian heritage based on the use of data systematically available, such as those from meteorological stations and meteorological forecast.
M. Sileo; F. T. Gizzi; A. Donvito; R. Lasaponara; F. Fiore; N. Masini. Multi-Scale Monitoring of Rupestrian Heritage: Methodological Approach and Application to a Case Study. International Journal of Architectural Heritage 2020, 1 -16.
AMA StyleM. Sileo, F. T. Gizzi, A. Donvito, R. Lasaponara, F. Fiore, N. Masini. Multi-Scale Monitoring of Rupestrian Heritage: Methodological Approach and Application to a Case Study. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 2020; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleM. Sileo; F. T. Gizzi; A. Donvito; R. Lasaponara; F. Fiore; N. Masini. 2020. "Multi-Scale Monitoring of Rupestrian Heritage: Methodological Approach and Application to a Case Study." International Journal of Architectural Heritage , no. : 1-16.
Earthquake insurance can be a useful tool to build more sustainable societies and disaster-resilient communities. However, the coverage is not common in many countries. This article aims to contribute to the literature through an empirical analysis of the online interest in earthquake insurance through Google Trends. The proposed methodology implies to move from a top-down conceptual approach to a bottom-up/data-enabled one. It allows us to explore potential triggers and dynamic patterns of online interest in earthquake insurance at daily time-scale through the lens of Big Data. In order to validate the methodology, the article considers Italy as a test area. For this country, where the coverage rate is low, we fuse multiple databases to create 16-year daily time series of public search activities about the insurance in Italy and analyse it with other data sources. As a result, the peak analysis shows a connection with the occurrences of large domestic earthquakes, overseas earthquakes, and policy decisions, which create time windows of opportunities for insurers and policymakers to boost the public’s motivation towards the coverages. The research outcomes suggest that the data-enabled approach can additionally be applied in other countries where the coverage rate is low and stakeholders are facing the challenge to strive against earthquake under-insurance.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; JongHun Kam; Donatella Porrini. Time windows of opportunities to fight earthquake under-insurance: evidence from Google Trends. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2020, 7, 1 -11.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, JongHun Kam, Donatella Porrini. Time windows of opportunities to fight earthquake under-insurance: evidence from Google Trends. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 2020; 7 (1):1-11.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; JongHun Kam; Donatella Porrini. 2020. "Time windows of opportunities to fight earthquake under-insurance: evidence from Google Trends." Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 7, no. 1: 1-11.
Cultural heritage is the creative expression of a people’s presence in the past. It represents a driving force to create, develop, and consolidate the sense of identity, belonging, and citizenship, as well as a means to appreciate the diversity of people and develop a policy for peace and mutual understanding. Furthermore, heritage is a source of economic development and a key factor for sustainable development. The dissemination of such values among people and the transmission of heritage to the future generations entail putting into the field proper actions, from the knowledge to the protection and conservation, and from the enhancement to the fruition and management. Such requirements increasingly involve the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that can be considered the paradigm shift to create novel job opportunities in the field of cultural heritage. This paper aims to discuss an experience led by the Institute of Archaeological and Monumental Heritage of the (Italian) National Research Council (IBAM-CNR), with students of a secondary school of the Basilicata region (Southern Italy). The experience developed within the framework of the School-Work Alternation (SWA) (recently renamed “Pathways for Transversal Competences and Orientation” by Italian law), a training modality envisaged in the Italian school system to bring the school closer to the world of work by proper partnership between formal education contexts and external organizations. The SWA Project revolves around the acquisition of some technical and methodological tools for the approach to knowledge, conservation, and enhancement of cultural heritage, having particular regard for diagnostic tools and ICTs. This article deals with the outcomes of the activities developed during the Project, discussing both the technical-professional and transversal skills acquired or expected to be acquired by the students. In addition, starting from the results of the activities, the authors speculate about possible outlooks of SWA in the heritage field considering: (i) the role of such a training path in raising young people's awareness to preserve cultural heritage by becoming active and proactive citizens; (ii) the relationship of SWA with regional and European-supported development policy strategies; (iii) the potential benefits that SWA can provide for cultural heritage from the synergy between different institutional actors.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Marilisa Biscione; Maria Danese; Agata Maggio; Antonio Pecci; Maria Sileo; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Nicola Masini; Antonella Ruggeri; Franca Mercurio; ( School-Work Alternation (SWA) Working Group (WG). Students Meet Cultural Heritage: An Experience within the Framework of the Italian School-Work Alternation (SWA)—from Outcomes to Outlooks. Heritage 2019, 2, 1986 -2016.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Marilisa Biscione, Maria Danese, Agata Maggio, Antonio Pecci, Maria Sileo, Maria Rosaria Potenza, Nicola Masini, Antonella Ruggeri, Franca Mercurio, ( School-Work Alternation (SWA) Working Group (WG). Students Meet Cultural Heritage: An Experience within the Framework of the Italian School-Work Alternation (SWA)—from Outcomes to Outlooks. Heritage. 2019; 2 (3):1986-2016.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Marilisa Biscione; Maria Danese; Agata Maggio; Antonio Pecci; Maria Sileo; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Nicola Masini; Antonella Ruggeri; Franca Mercurio; ( School-Work Alternation (SWA) Working Group (WG). 2019. "Students Meet Cultural Heritage: An Experience within the Framework of the Italian School-Work Alternation (SWA)—from Outcomes to Outlooks." Heritage 2, no. 3: 1986-2016.
The abandonment of inhabited places is a phenomenon that concerns many countries worldwide and Italy particularly where a large number of deserted settlements are hosted. Many are the factors driving and conditioning the abandonment of a site, such as natural extreme events (e.g. earthquakes, landslides, and floods) and/or human (not) actions. Once the site is abandoned, the built-up area experiences a progressive physical decay so posing problems about the policies to be adopted to manage and maintain the buildings (or their ruins). That being stated, the article proposes an integrated methodological approach to analyse both the natural/human factors causing the abandonment of settlements and conservation state of deserted places over time. To test the methodology, we considered the old town of Craco (Basilicata, Southern Italy) as a case study. That “ghost town”, whose fascinating urban and natural landscapes have been the set of numerous international films, was gradually transferred to other two places since the 1960s due to the landslides that have affected the site over the centuries. Three were the explicit key aims of the research. The first was to scrutinise the activations/reactivations of the landslides jointly with their effects on the built environment so to critical go over the actions put into the field by the institutions to mitigate the hydrogeological risk. The second was to examine whether and how the landslide occurrences conditioned the urban growth of the Craco over time. The third was to investigate in relation to the vegetation growth in the Craco downtown over the last 15 years or so, to infer clues on future decay trends and conservation strategies of the built environment. The purposes were reached considering a geological-geomorphological, historical, and remote-sensing approach. In detail, the first goal was met (re)considering a cross-correlated analysis, in diachronic key, of edited/unedited archive sources with geological/geomorphological perspectives. The second was followed up performing the analysis of the Craco urban growth over the centuries and correlating it with the history of landslide occurrences. The third target was pursued by means of NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) time series obtained from Landsat TM and Sentinel 2 data along with HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) colour system techniques applied to multi-date Google Earth photos. From the perspective angle, the results of this research can contribute to setup proper resilience strategies for sites subject to hydrogeological hazard similar to that affects Craco, thus helping to identify conservation plans as well as enhancement policies of “ghost towns”.
F. T. Gizzi; M. Bentivenga; Rosa Lasaponara; M. Danese; M. R. Potenza; Maria Sileo; Nicola Masini. Natural Hazards, Human Factors, and “Ghost Towns”: a Multi-Level Approach. Geoheritage 2019, 11, 1533 -1565.
AMA StyleF. T. Gizzi, M. Bentivenga, Rosa Lasaponara, M. Danese, M. R. Potenza, Maria Sileo, Nicola Masini. Natural Hazards, Human Factors, and “Ghost Towns”: a Multi-Level Approach. Geoheritage. 2019; 11 (4):1533-1565.
Chicago/Turabian StyleF. T. Gizzi; M. Bentivenga; Rosa Lasaponara; M. Danese; M. R. Potenza; Maria Sileo; Nicola Masini. 2019. "Natural Hazards, Human Factors, and “Ghost Towns”: a Multi-Level Approach." Geoheritage 11, no. 4: 1533-1565.
The Basilicata region (Southern Italy) is characterized by a peculiar environmental as well as biological, geological, and cultural heritage features that are evident in national and regional parks as well as places of monumental and archaeological relevance, including the Matera UNESCO Site. Basilicata hosts the highly studied Vulture volcanic complex and the largest hydrocarbon reservoir in continental Europe. Furthermore, the region falls among the Italian regions most prone to landslides and floods and it is located in a seismotectonic background responsible of strong earthquakes. Therefore, the territory of Basilicata can be considered an open-air laboratory, both natural and “human-built”. The laboratory, with its features, has attracted many scientists worldwide and over time. The researchers have focused their attention on manifold studies. That being stated, the article aims to analyse the outputs of the scientific investigations targeting the territory of Basilicata within the last 24 years (1994–2017) with a bibliometric approach. The Thomson Reuters’ Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index were the two bibliographic databases considered. Once the pertinent articles were extracted from the two citation indexes, the authors analysed the publication trends, Web of Science categories, countries, and hot topics.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Monica Proto; Maria Rosaria Potenza. The Basilicata region (Southern Italy): a natural and ‘human-built’ open-air laboratory for manifold studies. Research trends over the last 24 years (1994–2017). Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 2019, 10, 433 -464.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Monica Proto, Maria Rosaria Potenza. The Basilicata region (Southern Italy): a natural and ‘human-built’ open-air laboratory for manifold studies. Research trends over the last 24 years (1994–2017). Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 2019; 10 (1):433-464.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Monica Proto; Maria Rosaria Potenza. 2019. "The Basilicata region (Southern Italy): a natural and ‘human-built’ open-air laboratory for manifold studies. Research trends over the last 24 years (1994–2017)." Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 10, no. 1: 433-464.
Despite the recognized effectiveness of LiDAR in penetrating forest canopies, its capability for archaeological prospection can be strongly limited in areas covered by dense vegetation for the detection of subtle remains scattered over morphologically complex areas. In these cases, an important contribution to improve the identification of topographic variations of archaeological interest is provided by LiDAR-derived models (LDMs) based on relief visualization techniques. In this paper, diverse LDMs were applied to the medieval site of Torre Cisterna to the north of Melfi (Southern Italy), selected for this study because it is located on a hilly area with complex topography and thick vegetation cover. These conditions are common in several places of the Apennines in Southern Italy and prevented investigations during the 20th century. Diverse LDMs were used to obtain maximum information and to compare the performance of both subjective (through visual inspections) and objective (through their automatic classification) methods. To improve the discrimination/extraction capability of archaeological micro-relief, noise filtering was applied to Digital Terrain Model (DTM) before obtaining the LDMs. The automatic procedure allowed us to extract the most significant and typical features of a fortified settlement, such as the city walls and a tower castle. Other small, subtle features attributable to possible buried buildings of a habitation area have been identified by visual inspection of LDMs. Field surveys and in-situ inspections were carried out to verify the archaeological points of interest, microtopographical features, and landforms observed from the DTM-derived models, most of them automatically extracted. As a whole, the investigations allowed (i) the rediscovery of a fortified settlement from the 11th century and (ii) the detection of an unknown urban area abandoned in the Middle Ages.
Nicola Masini; Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Marilisa Biscione; Vincenzo Fundone; Michele Sedile; Maria Sileo; Antonio Pecci; Biagio Lacovara; Rosa Lasaponara. Medieval Archaeology Under the Canopy with LiDAR. The (Re)Discovery of a Medieval Fortified Settlement in Southern Italy. Remote Sensing 2018, 10, 1598 .
AMA StyleNicola Masini, Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Marilisa Biscione, Vincenzo Fundone, Michele Sedile, Maria Sileo, Antonio Pecci, Biagio Lacovara, Rosa Lasaponara. Medieval Archaeology Under the Canopy with LiDAR. The (Re)Discovery of a Medieval Fortified Settlement in Southern Italy. Remote Sensing. 2018; 10 (10):1598.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNicola Masini; Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Marilisa Biscione; Vincenzo Fundone; Michele Sedile; Maria Sileo; Antonio Pecci; Biagio Lacovara; Rosa Lasaponara. 2018. "Medieval Archaeology Under the Canopy with LiDAR. The (Re)Discovery of a Medieval Fortified Settlement in Southern Italy." Remote Sensing 10, no. 10: 1598.
The article deals with the analysis of worldwide research patterns concerning ground penetrating radar (GPR) during 1995–2014. To do this, the Thomson Reuters’ Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) and the Social Sciences Citation Index accessed via the Web of Science Core Collection were the two bibliographic databases taken as a reference. We pay attention to the document typology and language, the publication trend and citations, the subject categories and journals, the collaborations between authors, the productivity of the authors, the most cited articles, the countries and the institutions involved, and other hot issues. Concerning the main research subfields involving GPR use, there were five, physical–mathematical, sedimentological–stratigraphical, civil engineering/engineering geology/cultural heritage, hydrological (HD), and glaciological (GL), subfields.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Giovanni Leucci. Global Research Patterns on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). Surveys in Geophysics 2018, 39, 1039 -1068.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Giovanni Leucci. Global Research Patterns on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). Surveys in Geophysics. 2018; 39 (6):1039-1068.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Giovanni Leucci. 2018. "Global Research Patterns on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)." Surveys in Geophysics 39, no. 6: 1039-1068.
Giovanna Zimatore; Gianpaolo Garilli; Maurizio Poscolieri; Claudio Rafanelli; Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maurizio Lazzari. The remarkable coherence between two Italian far away recording stations points to a role of acoustic emissions from crustal rocks for earthquake analysis. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 2017, 27, 043101 .
AMA StyleGiovanna Zimatore, Gianpaolo Garilli, Maurizio Poscolieri, Claudio Rafanelli, Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Maurizio Lazzari. The remarkable coherence between two Italian far away recording stations points to a role of acoustic emissions from crustal rocks for earthquake analysis. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 2017; 27 (4):043101.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Zimatore; Gianpaolo Garilli; Maurizio Poscolieri; Claudio Rafanelli; Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maurizio Lazzari. 2017. "The remarkable coherence between two Italian far away recording stations points to a role of acoustic emissions from crustal rocks for earthquake analysis." Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 27, no. 4: 043101.
Maria Sileo; Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Nicola Masini. Low cost monitoring approach for the conservation of frescoes: The crypt of St. Francesco d’Assisi in Irsina (Basilicata, Southern Italy). Journal of Cultural Heritage 2017, 23, 89 -99.
AMA StyleMaria Sileo, Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Nicola Masini. Low cost monitoring approach for the conservation of frescoes: The crypt of St. Francesco d’Assisi in Irsina (Basilicata, Southern Italy). Journal of Cultural Heritage. 2017; 23 ():89-99.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Sileo; Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Nicola Masini. 2017. "Low cost monitoring approach for the conservation of frescoes: The crypt of St. Francesco d’Assisi in Irsina (Basilicata, Southern Italy)." Journal of Cultural Heritage 23, no. : 89-99.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Cinzia Zotta. The Insurance Market of Natural Hazards for Residential Properties in Italy. Open Journal of Earthquake Research 2016, 05, 35 -61.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Maria Rosaria Potenza, Cinzia Zotta. The Insurance Market of Natural Hazards for Residential Properties in Italy. Open Journal of Earthquake Research. 2016; 05 (01):35-61.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Cinzia Zotta. 2016. "The Insurance Market of Natural Hazards for Residential Properties in Italy." Open Journal of Earthquake Research 05, no. 01: 35-61.
The current study aims to analyse the conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy), a place inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1993 (the Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera) and recently awarded 2019 European Capital of Culture. Furthermore, the article considers the influence of some of the causative factors controlling the Matera building conservation state, paying particular attention to the site microclimatic conditions such as the insolation and winds. We studied this subject through a new methodology that makes a combined use both of stone decay data gained from the extensive field assessments of the visible weathering forms catalogued in an ad hoc questionnaire and GIS advanced spatial analysis techniques such as Map Algebra and Kernel Density Estimation. The research puts into evidence that the Sassi of Matera shows a fair state of conservation that is conditioned by the wind/rain actions and sun exposure. Besides, just the already well known facts that the surfaces facing north seem to be most influenced by the wind/rain actions; and that, on the contrary, the decay of the walls facing south seems to be guided mainly from the sun exposure, put into evidence the importance of locating the intensities of the decays in any urban tissue or any site in order to plan conservation interventions and prioritize actions and the usefulness of the spatial analysis techniques and data processing.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maria Sileo; Marilisa Biscione; Maria Danese; Monica Alvarez de Buergo. The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques. Journal of Cultural Heritage 2015, 17, 61 -74.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Maria Sileo, Marilisa Biscione, Maria Danese, Monica Alvarez de Buergo. The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 2015; 17 ():61-74.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maria Sileo; Marilisa Biscione; Maria Danese; Monica Alvarez de Buergo. 2015. "The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques." Journal of Cultural Heritage 17, no. : 61-74.
This paper deals with the bibliometric study of the research concerning the San Andreas Fault System (SAFS), an extraordinary example of a complex boundary between the North of America and the Pacific plates that can be seen, followed and studied on land for hundreds of kilometers through California, in the USA. The bibliometric analysis discussed here considers the time span of 23 years, from 1991 to 2013. The bibliographic databases taken as a reference are the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) accessed via Web of Science Core Collection. After having selected the proper search terms to fix the query and extracting the useful information from the two Web of Science (WoS) databases, we performed the analysis of the outputs paying attention to the document typology and languages, journals, subject categories, authors, articles, countries, institutions, and keywords. The results of this study can (1) contribute to see how the research on SAFS has changed over the time and suggest clues about the future investigation trends, (2) help scientists or institutions to build a research network and find strategic partners, (3) suggest scientists and institutions the dissemination strategies, and (4) provide helpful information to researchers wishing to embark on work in this area.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi. Worldwide trends in research on the San Andreas Fault System. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 2015, 8, 10893 -10909.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi. Worldwide trends in research on the San Andreas Fault System. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2015; 8 (12):10893-10909.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi. 2015. "Worldwide trends in research on the San Andreas Fault System." Arabian Journal of Geosciences 8, no. 12: 10893-10909.
Italy is among the most prone Mediterranean countries to extreme natural menaces, such as earthquakes and landslides. These can cause serious damage to the properties and consequent changes in urban areas and historical centres especially, due to their high vulnerability. Starting from these preliminary remarks the paper deals with an ongoing research activity aimed at analyzing in depth and in a systematic way the damage and the consequent abandonments, transfers, and forced reconstructions caused by significant earthquakes and/or landslides in the historical centres of Southern Italy during the twentieth century. To make clear the methodology followed, the paper analyses three case studies related to the same number of historical centres menaced by mass movements and/or earthquake phenomena. The final aim of the research is to setup a reference Web Gis Atlas that will be a further tool that the stakeholders will find useful to improve mitigation risk actions against the two main geological menaces acting in Italy.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Maria Sileo; Cinzia Zotta. Reconstructions, Transfers and Forced Abandonments Brought About by Earthquakes and Landslides in the Historical Centres of Southern Italy: The Role of Primary Sources. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8 2014, 453 -457.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Maria Rosaria Potenza, Maria Sileo, Cinzia Zotta. Reconstructions, Transfers and Forced Abandonments Brought About by Earthquakes and Landslides in the Historical Centres of Southern Italy: The Role of Primary Sources. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8. 2014; ():453-457.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Maria Sileo; Cinzia Zotta. 2014. "Reconstructions, Transfers and Forced Abandonments Brought About by Earthquakes and Landslides in the Historical Centres of Southern Italy: The Role of Primary Sources." Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8 , no. : 453-457.
Historical data relating to damage in urban areas are useful to evaluate and mitigate seismic risk. However, documentary data need to be considered in relation to their quality. The paper describes a mathematical approach to assess reliability of historical sources referring to damage effects caused by earthquakes in the past. The method applied is based on Rough Set Theory. Its application has been explained by analyzing a huge amount of archive data reported by documents concerning earthquake effects in eight towns of Basilicata (southern Italy), heavily damaged by the 1930 Irpinia earthquake. Mathematical analysis has been applied to evaluate whether technical reports citing the effects on buildings were affected by voluntary or involuntary “manipulation” by compilers. This has been possible by comparing damage descriptions reported in technical reports to damage inferred by the analysis of independent technical-economic-administrative data. Results seem to suggest that the sentences on damage were subjected only to limited and involuntary “falsification” that, however, caused negligible changes in the spatial distribution of damage.
Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Lucia Tilio; Nicola Masini; Beniamino Murgante; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Cinzia Zotta. High-Detail Damage Pattern in Towns Hit by Earthquakes of the Past: An Approach to Evaluate the Reliability of the Historical Sources. Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning 2014, 105 -125.
AMA StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, Lucia Tilio, Nicola Masini, Beniamino Murgante, Maria Rosaria Potenza, Cinzia Zotta. High-Detail Damage Pattern in Towns Hit by Earthquakes of the Past: An Approach to Evaluate the Reliability of the Historical Sources. Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning. 2014; ():105-125.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Terenzio Gizzi; Lucia Tilio; Nicola Masini; Beniamino Murgante; Maria Rosaria Potenza; Cinzia Zotta. 2014. "High-Detail Damage Pattern in Towns Hit by Earthquakes of the Past: An Approach to Evaluate the Reliability of the Historical Sources." Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning , no. : 105-125.
F. T. Gizzi; M. R. Potenza; C. Zotta. Erratum to: 23 November 1980 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake (Southern Italy): towards a full knowledge of the seismic effects. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 2013, 11, 709 -709.
AMA StyleF. T. Gizzi, M. R. Potenza, C. Zotta. Erratum to: 23 November 1980 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake (Southern Italy): towards a full knowledge of the seismic effects. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 2013; 11 (2):709-709.
Chicago/Turabian StyleF. T. Gizzi; M. R. Potenza; C. Zotta. 2013. "Erratum to: 23 November 1980 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake (Southern Italy): towards a full knowledge of the seismic effects." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 11, no. 2: 709-709.
This paper overviews the procedures and tools used for a systematic study of the macroseismic consequences caused by a strong earthquake that struck Southern Italy. The event referred to the 23 November 1980 (Io = X MCS, Ms = 6.9) which affected the Campania and Basilicata regions. Two aspects are addressed here: to broaden the knowledge of the macroseismic field and delineate damage maps of the sites affected on an urban scale. The target area of this study is the Basilicata region about which the current macroseismic information is poor. This research study, based only on unpublished documentary sources, supplies about 50 new assessments and about 30 new re-assessments of the macroseismic site intensity (MCS scale) as outputs. Moreover, about 80 thematic maps showing the damage pattern of the sites affected are also supplied. It is the first time that a large earthquake has been the subject of such extensive studies from a macroseismic point of view, with special attention to the analysis of damage effects at town scale.
F. T. Gizzi; M. R. Potenza; C. Zotta. 23 November 1980 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake (Southern Italy): towards a full knowledge of the seismic effects. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 2012, 10, 1109 -1131.
AMA StyleF. T. Gizzi, M. R. Potenza, C. Zotta. 23 November 1980 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake (Southern Italy): towards a full knowledge of the seismic effects. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 2012; 10 (4):1109-1131.
Chicago/Turabian StyleF. T. Gizzi; M. R. Potenza; C. Zotta. 2012. "23 November 1980 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake (Southern Italy): towards a full knowledge of the seismic effects." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 10, no. 4: 1109-1131.
A Loperte; A Satriani; M Bavusi; Vincenzo Lapenna; S Del Lungo; R Sabelli; F T Gizzi. Geophysical prospecting in archaeology: investigations in Santa Venera, south suburb of Poseidonia-Paestum, Campania, southern Italy. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 2011, 8, S23 -S32.
AMA StyleA Loperte, A Satriani, M Bavusi, Vincenzo Lapenna, S Del Lungo, R Sabelli, F T Gizzi. Geophysical prospecting in archaeology: investigations in Santa Venera, south suburb of Poseidonia-Paestum, Campania, southern Italy. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering. 2011; 8 (3):S23-S32.
Chicago/Turabian StyleA Loperte; A Satriani; M Bavusi; Vincenzo Lapenna; S Del Lungo; R Sabelli; F T Gizzi. 2011. "Geophysical prospecting in archaeology: investigations in Santa Venera, south suburb of Poseidonia-Paestum, Campania, southern Italy." Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 8, no. 3: S23-S32.
This paper aims to highlight the use of the georadar as a useful prospecting technique to identify the areal density and the geometrical features of the grottoes placed in a historical town characterised by high seismic hazard. The town considered here is Rionero in Vulture (Southern Italy) that was hit by several historical earthquakes, among which the 1930 Irpinia earthquake (Me=6.7, Is=VIII MCS). For this event a damage map was already available from a previous study (Gizzi and Masini, 2006). This map shows that some sectors of the town suffered higher damage. One factor causing the uneven distribution of the effects is considered to be the presence of grottoes. To strengthen this work hypothesis it was necessary to in-depth investigate the subsoil of Rionero in Vulture. Therefore, geophysical data were correlated and integrated with data obtained from field surveys and historical documentary sources. All these investigations allowed to obtain more insights about the influences of the man-made caves on seismic damage.
F. T. Gizzi; A. Loperte; A. Satriani; Vincenzo Lapenna; Nicola Masini; M. Proto. Georadar investigations to detect cavities in a historical town damaged by an earthquake of the past. Advances in Geosciences 2010, 24, 15 -21.
AMA StyleF. T. Gizzi, A. Loperte, A. Satriani, Vincenzo Lapenna, Nicola Masini, M. Proto. Georadar investigations to detect cavities in a historical town damaged by an earthquake of the past. Advances in Geosciences. 2010; 24 ():15-21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleF. T. Gizzi; A. Loperte; A. Satriani; Vincenzo Lapenna; Nicola Masini; M. Proto. 2010. "Georadar investigations to detect cavities in a historical town damaged by an earthquake of the past." Advances in Geosciences 24, no. : 15-21.