Dipartimento di Scienze della terra
Universit;agrave; di Milano
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20133 Milano, Italy
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  Scope of the meeting

Prolongued or intense rainfall is the most important and frequent trigger of landslides, a highly dangerous and destructive natural phenomena. Surface runoff, sub-surface flow, unsaturated and groundwater flows all depend on the rainfall history and regime and control the stability of slopes, by influencing soil strenght and the distribution of pore pressure.

Goals of the open forum

The forum is intended to stimulate an open discussion on the subject of the symposium as well as on any other closely related subject before the date of the symposium. We hope in this way to disseminate information and to stimulate a discussion that will hopefully contribute to a better and more fruitfull symposium. Individuals intersted in these (or related) arguments are strongly invited to contribute to the discussion. Any comment, idea, suggestion or criticism on the symposium or on any single contribution presented on these pages should be addressed to the convener.