40 years of photographic records of landslides and other natural hazards
When
19.11.2024
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where
Registrations closed
Donation of the Jordi Corominas photographic collection to the Map Library of Catalonia for public consultation
Jordi Corominas is professor emeritus of Geological Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Throughout his professional and academic career he has compiled a large collection of photographs of landslides that have occurred in Catalonia, which has helped his research studies, cartographic work and teaching and educational activities. He has been one of the pioneers in the study of landslides in Catalonia, which were faced with a significant lack of information of this nature, a fact that he has tried to compensate with systematic work of graphic documentation.
The collection that is now on loan to the Map Library of Catalonia is made up of more than 7,000 slides located in space and time, which illustrate the incidence of landslides in the Catalan and Andorran territory. It also documents other geological hazards, such as river and torrential flooding and land subsidence.
Its public consultation will provide basic information for new studies and work on the subject, as a record of activity or indications of ground instability to be taken into consideration in the future.
PROGRAM
| 12:30 - 12:40 | Welcome and presentation of the event Antonio Magariños, Director of the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) Joan Palau, Deputy director of Engineering and Geological Resources, ICGC |
| 12:40 - 12:55 | Els fons fotogràfics de la Cartoteca de Catalunya Noelia Ramos, Head of the Map Library of Catalonia, ICGC |
| 12:55 - 13:40 | Presentation of the fund and talk "Documentació dels fenòmens perillosos: necessitat i aplicacions" Jordi Corominas Dulcet, Professor Emeritus, UPC |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Questions & Answers |