A glossary with the explanation of some of the terms used in the AVI Project.
Archive (digital) |
Relational database. 45 tables containg the information currently available in digital format. |
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Archive (paper archive) |
The archive containing all the original documents and forms inventoried. It contains more tha 30,000 newspaper articles. |
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ASWin |
Computer program to display Regional reports (for Windows 3.1). |
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AVI |
Italian achronym for Italian Affected Sites (by mass-movements and floods) |
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AVI project |
Special project commissioned by the Department of Civil Protection to the CNR-GNDCI. |
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AVIBase |
Computer database for release to the public. The latest release is 5.0 in Microsoft Access (Office '97) format. |
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Catalogue (of sites) |
List of sites affected by landslides or by floods. |
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Digital archive |
Relational database. 45 tables containg the information currently available in digital format. |
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Event |
Occurrence of a landslide or a flood at any give site. |
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Event form |
S2 form. Used during the first inventory to store information on a single event. |
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Inventory |
The process of gathering information. |
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Inventory (1st phase) |
The forst inventory carried out by 17 teams in 1991-1992. |
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Regional reports |
Volumes published in 1994-1995 summarising information at the regional level. They contain a list of affected sites |
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News |
Information available from a newspaper on a single site or an event. |
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S0 form |
Semplice scheda utilizzata per il censimento delle informazioni cronachistiche. |
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S1 from |
Used to store information found on a nespaper article. |
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S2 form |
Used during the first inventory to store information on a single event. |
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S3 form |
S2 form with more technical details |
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S4 form |
Modiffied after the S3 form. Tables and filelds have been changed. It is used to store the information into the digital archive. |
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Site |
Area affected by a landslide or a flood. Mapped as a poit at 1:100,000 scale |
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Source form |
S1 form. Used during the first inventory to store information from a single source. |
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Update |
Upade of the original inventory carried out in the years 1991-1992. The firs update was completed for the period 1991-1994 |