NDLI: Assessing the planform changes of the Tammaro River (southern Italy) from 1870 to 1955 using a GIS-aided historical map analysis

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Author	Magliulo, Paolo Bozzi, Federica Pignone, Maurizio
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Most part of the vast scientific literature dealing with channel adjustments focuses on the period between the second half of the twentieth century and nowadays, when most of the adjustments occurred and data availability is generally great. On the contrary, few studies were carried out on older adjustments, notwithstanding their analysis is fundamental to fully understand both more recent evolutionary trends and the role possibly played by human disturbances. The lack of studies on older adjustments is total for rivers located in southern Italy. The present study attempts to partly fill this gap. An analysis of the planform changes experienced by Tammaro R. between 1870 and 1955 was carried out by means of a detailed GIS-aided analysis of historical maps. The results were interpreted in the framework of the pre-existing geomorphological, geographical and socio-economic literature. This latter highlighted that the Tammaro R. basin in the studied period was scarcely inhabited and almost un-anthropized, especially in the first part of the studied period. Between 1870 and 1909, the river underwent a slight and quite inhomogeneous widening and moderate increase in fluvial bars, together with a slight straightening and shortening, but without substantial changes in channel morphology, which was single-thread. Between 1909 and 1955, the river experienced a homogeneous and marked widening, increase in sinuosity and lengthening, together with a strong increase in fluvial bars, and the channel morphology drastically changed from single-thread to transitional. This trend was opposite to that of most rivers in that period, possibly because of the scarce human impact on both the Tammaro R. and its basin.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	19
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18666280
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume Number	75
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18666299
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-02-19
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Channel planform changes Channel adjustments Historical data sources Geographic information systems Human influence Southern Italy Tammaro River Geology Hydrology/Water Resources Geochemistry Environmental Science and Engineering Terrestrial Pollution Biogeosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change Earth-Surface Processes Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Pollution Geology Water Science and Technology

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