Risk and Resilience Engineering of Natural, Industrial, and Built Environments
Coordinator of the Curriculum
Prof. Serena Cattari (DICCA, UniversitĂ di Genova)
Research Lines
The research lines can be broadly classified in the following areas:
Studies to assess and tackle risks arising from:
natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, extreme weather and climate events
anthropic activities such as pluvial floodings, deep excavations, explosions, landfills and waste management, vehicle and human collision, multimodal transportation of hazardous materials, oil and HNS spills
industrial activities with chemical and process hazards
Studies to assess the impacts (i.e. economic, social and environmental consequences) on:
the natural environment such as atmosphere, soil and subsoil, fluvial and coastal environment
industrial and civil buildings (including the monumental ones)
the infrastructure and equipment related to transportation of people, goods and energy
Tools to plan and support mitigation policies
Loss assessment
Emergency, recovery and safety management
Members of the Internal Curriculum Committee
All members are from DICCA (University of Genova)
Relevant publications of members of Internal Curriculum Committee
A complete list of the relevant publications of members of ICC is available here.