Landslide risk reduction by coupling monitoring and numerical modeling

The importance of the reference engineering-geology model of a slope is a concept well established in the scientific and technical community facing on large in frastructures. The engineering-geology model is in fact a fundamental informative layer to understand and predict the structure-slope interactions and to design stabilization countermeasures. Such an issue has a relevant role in the case of unstable slopes: at this regard the Vajont case history represents a worldwide reference. Engineering-geology models can be validated and/or updated by monitoring data. Furthermore, the harmonization of engineering-geology models and monitoring data can be achieved by the implementation of stress-strain numerical models, that represent a validating tool for the engineering-geology models,