New Review Paper on Landslide Risk Management in Italy Published in Rendiconti Lincei

The article, “Landslide risk management in Italy: practices, advances, and future directions,” provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of landslide science and risk governance in Italy—Europe’s most landslide-prone country. Drawing on insights from a 2025 workshop organised by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the authors synthesise current practices in hazard identification, mapping, modelling, forecasting, and risk reduction. The review highlights the substantial progress achieved over recent decades, including improvements in national inventories, technological capabilities, and mitigation strategies.

Despite these advances, the paper identifies key challenges that continue to limit effective risk management. These include incomplete and uneven landslide inventories, gaps in long-term forecasting, insufficient monitoring coverage, limited vulnerability assessment, and structural issues in governance and public awareness. The authors outline a set of priorities for future progress, calling for a coordinated national strategy that integrates improved data collection, real-time monitoring, dynamic modelling approaches, and greater data accessibility—supported by institutional reform and a broader cultural shift in risk perception.

Although focused on Italy, the review’s findings and recommendations offer valuable insights for other countries facing significant landslide hazards worldwide.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-025-01382-w

Credit: Fausto Guzzeti - An example of a typical landslide inventory map.