Course syllabus
This course will cover the possible interactions between geological setting and processes and human activities and will explore the complex influences that one can have on each other.
This course will give the opportunity to the students to: a) evaluate the main geological processes acting in an area, b) learn how to collect geological data in order to define type and magnitude of the hazards to which environment is exposed (hazard analysis, recurrence interval and complex scenarios) and c) evaluate the exposure and vulnerability of human activities and environment.

Main topics will be:

-Introduction to environmental geology (hazard vs risk; predisposing and triggering factors etc.)
-Geological process and impact on environment and human activities (i.e., seismic, volcanic, hydrogeological hazars etc.)
-Human processes affecting geological setting and resources (e.g., indiced subsidence and seismicity, exploitation of mineral deposits, fracking, groundwater resources)
-Geological analysis and geophysical exploration (geological mappiung, geophysics, structural data, hydrogeological analysis etc.).

Teaching methods
Lessons include active lectures (36 hours), held in one University seat and broadcasted on the other one, and two mandatory field stages (for a total of 24 hours – 2 1/2 days) to be held in the final part of the course.