Le catastrofi rimosse: per una storia delle frane e delle alluvioni nel Mezzogiorno continentale

The territory of Southern Italy is particularly vulnerable. Its orohydrographical characteristics, the pluviometrical regime, and the distribution of population have always been cause of landslides and floods. However, this issue has been studied mainly by geologists and geographers. Historians have seldom contributed to the knowledge of these phenomena. This essay analyzes the problem of hydrogeological catastrophes from a historical point of view. This study, starting from the last result of the scientific works on this topic, underlines a new possible research path as well as first answers to the most relevant questions that this subject involves. The paper focuses on both the problematic and contradictory relationship between the hydrogeological disorder, from the past to the present.