Landslide susceptibility and hazard in Brazilian prehistoric sites: use of statiscal and physically-based models as tools for the protection of cultural heritage

• Grant number: 21/04621-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2021
• End date: July 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Bianca Carvalho Vieira
• Grantee: José Eduardo Bonini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/13591-6 - Applicability assessment of remote sensing methods to monitor landslides in Brazilian cultural heritage sites using open-source solutions, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In the last decade, a growing number of researches, especially in Europe, were aimed to evaluate landslide susceptibility and hazard and the exposure of cultural heritage sites. However, researches with this purpose remain scarce in Brazil, with a large gap in the production of landslide hazard maps based on quantitative models and aimed to evaluate the exposure of cultural heritage sites. Thus, the central objective of this project is to assess the landslides susceptibility and hazard in Brazilian prehistoric sites in different morphostructural and climatic domains using quantitative models at regional and local scales. Two experimental areas were selected to asses landslide susceptibility and hazard at regional and local scale: the Serra do Mar State Park (EA-SM), on the Southeast coast of Brazil, and the Serra da Capivara National Park (EA-SC), in the ecotone between the Caatinga and Cerrado. These areas have a high susceptibility to shallow landslides (EA-SM) and rockfalls (EA-SC), and host relevant archaeological sites for the chronology of South American occupation, whose conservation may be threatened by these morphodynamic processes. The main results expected are: regional scale landslide susceptibility maps and local scale landslide hazard maps, identifying the spatial and temporal probabilities of occurrence of mass movements and their runout zones, contributing to expand the application of hazard models in different regions of Brazil. This project will be developed in collaboration with the Graduate Program in Archeology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BONINI, JOSE EDUARDO; VIEIRA, BIANCA CARVALHO; CORREA, ANTONIO CARLOS DE BARROS; SOLDATI, MAURO. Landslides and Cultural Heritage-A Review. HERITAGE, v. 6, n. 10, p. 21-pg., 2023-10-01. (21/04621-6, 22/13591-6)

BONINI, JOSE EDUARDO; VIEIRA, BIANCA CARVALHO; MARTINS, TIAGO DAMAS. Semiautomatic inventory and geomorphological characterization of mass movements using high-resolution images and open-source software in the Ribeira de Iguape Valley, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 119, p. 17-pg., 2022-11-01. (21/04621-6)

VIEIRA, BIANCA CARVALHO; MARTINS, TIAGO DAMAS; DA SILVA, TELMA MENDES; BONINI, JOSE EDUARDO. How far have we come? Review of main public policies to reduce landslide impacts in Brazil. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE, v. 21, n. 9, p. 14-pg., 2024-09-01. (21/04621-6, 22/13591-6)

BONINI, JOSE EDUARDO; PARENTI, CARLOTTA; GRASSI, FRANCESCA; MANCINI, FRANCESCO; VIEIRA, BIANCA CARVALHO; SOLDATI, MAURO. Assessing landslide susceptibility and dynamics at cultural heritage sites by integrating machine learning techniques and persistent scatterer interferometry. Geomorphology, v. 469, p. 16-pg., 2025-01-15. (21/04621-6, 22/13591-6)