Rockfall Analysis During Emergency Scenarios

In this paper we describe a procedure for the study and management of rockfall affected areas. During the MASSA project, we defined a procedure for the management of the first emergency phase after the gravitational phenomenon, describing what it could be done for a first analysis and monitoring of the instable areas. In particular, the developed methodology considered three important aspects that should begin during the first 48-72 h: (i) preliminary morphological/structural analysis; (ii) detection and monitoring of instable areas during the emergency phase; (iii) communication strategies for the event management and divulgation to the population. Starting from the defined methodology, we also describe the first results of the application of this method to the Quincinetto rockfall test site, Piedmont, Italy.