Bathymetric variations in a reach of Po River (Northern Italy) during channelization works - Poster

The paper describes the used method for analysis of fluvial historical dynamics and of evolutionary trend induced by hard in-channel structures affecting riverbed of River Po (northern Italy, fig. 1). The study was carried out using a morphological-sedimentary approach (Tacconi, 1990; 1994) and Geographic Information Systems (Neteler & Mitasova, 2002). Such approach starting from the natural characteristics of the stream, analyses the present conditions, considers the effects on the equilibrium of riverbed due to river in-channel structures and allows the definition of the evolutionary trend. All this with the goal of resolve the problems related to the equilibrium of the riverbed, defining the possible technical solutions. The paper is limited to discussion of a representative reach of the river Po.