PIOVAN SILVIA

1) Geo-historical evolution and interactions between the environment (in particular hydrography and vegetation) and anthropic activities in the alluvial plains, with a particular focus on the river systems of the Adige and the Po in Italy (from the Bronze Age to the present day). 2) The role of the environment in South Carolina (USA) in relation to the military events of the American Civil War and the development-decline of water mills. 3) The mobility of coal and people in the valleys of Kentucky, with particular attention to the Lynch case study (Harlan County). 4) Historical cartography and GIS. 4) Paleogeographic reconstructions. 5) Stratigraphic architecture and geomorphology of the alluvial plains.