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PROGRAMMAZIONE DIDATTICA COORTE A.A. 2025/2026
CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE in 11921 ENGINEERING FOR NATURAL RISK MANAGEMENT (classe LM-26 R )

SCHEDA INFORMATIVA

Sede amministrativa:  SV
Classe delle lauree in: 

Ingegneria della sicurezza (classe LM-26 R)
Durata:  2 anni
Indirizzo web:  https://courses.unige.it/10553
Dipartimento di riferimento:  DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA NAVALE, ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE TELECOMUNICAZIONI

PIANO DI STUDI

1° anno (coorte 2025/2026)

Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
94636 BASIC JURIDICAL NOTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENT LAW IUS/10 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Aspetti normativi, sociali ed economici in materia di sicurezza
 		The objective of this teaching unit is to teach the fundamental aspects of the juridical system (in particular, the Italian one), so that students may attend profitably the second subsequent juridical teaching unit and may also understand the issues that are likely to emerge from other non-juridical teaching units in the M.Sc. program.

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94637 CIVIL PROTECTION LAW IUS/10 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Aspetti normativi, sociali ed economici in materia di sicurezza
 		The teaching unit will focus on the system of International, European and Italian environmental Laws and Regulations, also from a comparative law perspective, as well as it aims to provide an introduction to some of the key issues of territorial management in those Law and Regulation. First of all, the teaching unit is underpinned by the main principles in environmental matter (such as prevention, precaution, best environmental protection and sustainable development). Secondly the teaching unit deals with the governance of risk (particularly with respect to natural hazard, various kinds of pollution and emerging technologies), providing students with an understanding of how the law seeks to regulate pollution control, conservation of the built and natural environment, and risk assessment and management, in particular through environmental authorisations and public planning policies. Finally, the teaching unit aims to deepen the consequent liabilities and responsibilities, in particular of public powers or technicians, according to Laws and Jurisprudence.

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94634 HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio
 		The aim of the teaching unit is to introduce the student to the basic concepts and techniques for flood hazard mapping. These include: - the basics of flood hazard mapping: common terminology, indicators of hazard magnitude, basics of mapping techniques - elements of the statistical analysis of the hydrological extremes (river discharge and rainfall). Source of data and common statistical techniques to derive rainfall and river flow quantiles - elements of hydrological models: common simple rainfall-runoff and flow routing models. - flood hazard mapping: empirical, physically based and geomorphological models At the end of the teaching unit the student is expected to be able to - understand the meaning of flood hazard magnitude and interpret flood hazard maps - retrieve and manipulate series of hydrological extremes and apply basic statistics deriving rainfall and flood quantiles - apply simple hydrological modelling to the result of the statistical analysis of extremes - draw a flood hazard map for a small river basin using geomorphological methods.

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94638 GEOHAZARDS 10 The objective of the teaching unit is to provide the students with basic knowledge about seismic and landslide risk. More details can be found in the relevant sheet of each module.

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  94639 - SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK GEO/10 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività formative affini o integrative
 		The module is designed to provide the fundamental principles of seismic hazard and risk. Basic concepts of seismology and seismometry will be discussed before focusing on deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. Subsequently, methods for ground response analysis will be presented in order to provide general knowlegde on site effects (e.g., ground motion amplification, seismic slope stability, soil liquefaction). Finally, the basics of seismic microzonation and building codes will be discussed.

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  94641 - LANDSLIDE HAZARDS GEO/05 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio
 		The main purpose of the module is to provide the fundamental concepts about landslide classification, investigation, mapping and monitoring and on the basic approaches to assess slope stability and landslide susceptibility at different spatial scales. Students will acquire theoretical and practical skills to apply in the framework of landslide risk mitigation.

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94629 TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM 10 This teaching unit provides basic knowledge of telecommunication networks and electronic systems for remote and on the field environmental monitoring. Topics include wireless communication protocols, sensor networks, embedded systems, and IoT technologies. Practical sessions and simulations support the theoretical concepts.

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  94630 - COMMUNICATION NETWORKS FOR EMERGENCY AND MONITORING ING-INF/03 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		The module will provide students with: basic concepts on modern Network and Internet technologies; introduction to the architecture and protocols for wireless communication; basic concepts on Radio Cellular Networks , WiFi, Bluetooth and sensor networks technologies. Machine to Machine standards. Laboratory practical and simulative experiences will also be conducted.

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  94631 - DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ING-INF/01 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		The main purpose of the theoretical part of the module is to provide students with basic knowledge on technologies for modern electronic embedded systems, on different types of sensor devices and sensing methods, on embedded electronic sensing systems for Internet of Things (IoT), specifically targeting environmental monitoring applications. The objective is also to enable students to acquire the ability to process basic knowledge and use it in real applications, through practical examples and questions/problems to solve.

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117956 RANDOM PROCESSES + DYNAMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS 10 This teaching unit has a dual objective. The first is to introduce the key concepts relating to stochastic modelling, starting from basic knowledge of probability theory, with a view to disaster risk prevention and assessment. The second objective is to introduce the fundamental principles of the dynamic nature of environmental systems and provide students with basic conceptual tools for the quantitative analysis of change in the most significant environmental problem areas.

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  94627 - DYNAMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ING-INF/04 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		This module is designed to provide the fundamental principles of the dynamic nature of environmental systems, and to provide students with basic conceptual tools for quantitative analysis of change for the most significant environmental problem areas. The module will provide the student with a unique combination of theoretical and conceptual basis for modelling environmental risks and sustainability, and hands-on knowledge on how to approach the modelling of complex environmental systems, often described as a system of systems with natural and anthropogenic interacting components.

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  94662 - RANDOM PROCESSES FOR INFORMATION REPRESENTATION AND DECISION SUPPORT ING-INF/03 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		The module introduces the key concepts related to stochastic modeling in the framework of disaster risk prevention and assessment. Basic knowledge will be provided about probability theory, random variables, stochastic processes, and Bayesian decision theory. Examples of applications to problems of data modeling and analysis associated with risk applications will be discussed.

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114189 ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS + IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE GEO/12 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività formative affini o integrative
 		This teaching unit aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the fundamental principles of atmospheric circulation that govern weather and climate on Earth. Students will gain the analytical tools necessary to understand the mathematical formulations and parameterizations employed in numerical weather and climate prediction models, and to evaluate the sources of uncertainty inherent in forecasting atmospheric conditions. The teaching unit will also address the impacts of climate change on environmental risk, with particular emphasis on changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme events such as floods, droughts, windstorms, and heatwaves.

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2° anno (coorte 2025/2026)

Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
94656 RISK IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS 10 The teaching unit is composed of two modules that provide students with a comprehensive overview of various Earth surface dynamics. The first module addresses the impacts of disasters on coastal environments, with a focus on hydraulic, maritime and coastal engineering, analysis of the phenomenons of marine pollution, and marine ecosystem monitoring. The second module is dedicated to wildfire hazards. It covers wildfire as an Earth system process, the quantification of wildfire danger, hazard and risk, and the simulation of wildfire scenarios. According to the 2005 Flood Directive, the area to be analysed for landslides, river and coastal erosion extends from the edge of the water catchment area to the closure depth of the coastal zone at sea. This indicates that, from an environmental engineering perspective, all Earth surface processes are interconnected — from the proper management of wildfires (which can trigger soil erosion, increase surface runoff, and elevate the likelihood of debris flows and landslides) to the overall condition of the coastline. For the coastal area the sediment transport from the hydraulic network is one of the sources of the evolution of the coastal line (erosion and deposit).

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  94657 - IMPACTS OF DISASTERS ON COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio
 		The module will cover three main areas: marine and coastal hydraulic engineering, modeling for simulation of coastal pollution phenomena, and general criteria for monitoring marine ecosystems. In general, the following topics will be covered: wave prediction and their action on coasts, numerical models for simulation and prediction, analysis of the formation of coastal currents and their action on coasts, numerical models for the transport of passive and chemically active substances in the coastal environment. The objective of the module is to enable learners to deal with these topics competently in the world of work, considering the various employment outlets provided as a course of study.

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  94658 - WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT ING-INF/04 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		The module aims to provide students with basic concepts of assessment and management of wildfire risk. The module will impart the necessary knowledge to understand the processes and ground and meteorological conditions related to the occurrence of fires in agro-forestry environments, with particular attention to the temporal dynamics of local fire danger extremes. The purpose of the module is to provide an overview of the global issue of wildfires, focusing on the various aspects involved in this type of risk, including the effects of climate change. At the end of the module, the student will be able to use and interpret the most common systems for quantifying wildfire danger; interpret susceptibility, hazard, and wildfire risk maps; and identify data sources and techniques necessary for constructing these maps. Additionally, the student will be familiar with the main fire propagation models and their role in firefighting actions and scenario generation.

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94659 RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 10 The teaching unit foresees a first module providing the students with the general knowledge to assess disaster risk with different approaches. The second module provides the students with the methodologies of human health risk assessment and ecological risk assessment of chemicals.

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  94660 - METHODS AND TOOLS FOR NATURAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio
 		The aim of the module is to introduce the student to the concept of risk management and provide basic tools to draw risk maps starting from any hazard map.

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  94661 - ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS ING-IND/24 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività formative affini o integrative
 		The aim of the module is to provide the student with basic principles and methods to characterize the nature and magnitude of health risks to humans and ecological risks to organisms and receptors due to chemical contaminants present in the environment, released during disasters or by Human and Industrial Activities.

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94663 REMOTE SENSING AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MONITORING 10 This teaching unit introduces the key concepts related to remote sensing and electromagnetic techniques for monitoring structures, protecting systems, and contributing to disaster risk prevention and assessment. With particular reference to civil, environmental, and disaster management applications, basic knowledge will be provided to the students about: radar concepts, remote sensing image acquisition, impedance and capacitance tomography, inverse scattering, microwave tomography, land cover mapping, bio/geophysical parameter retrieval, change detection, and data representation in a geographic information system.

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  94664 - ELECTROMAGNETIC MONITORING TECHNIQUES ING-INF/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		The module provides the fundamental skills related to radar remote sensing and electromagnetic techniques for monitoring structures and protecting systems. In particular, knowledge on approaches based on radar concepts, impedance and capacitance tomography, inverse scattering, and microwaves tomography will be provided, with particular reference to civil and environmental applications.

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  94666 - REMOTE SENSING ING-INF/03 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione dell'informazione
 		The objective of this module is to provide the student with the key concepts related to information extraction from remote sensing images in the framework of disaster risk prevention and assessment. Basic knowledge will be provided about remote sensing image acquisition through passive sensors; land cover mapping and bio/geophysical parameter retrieval in the application to risk prevention; change detection in the application to damage assessment; and data representation in a geographic information system.

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94667 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ING-IND/09 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività formative affini o integrative
 		The teaching unit provides the student with basic knowledge about the topics related to the management of the processes for Electricity generation from traditional and Renewable Energy Sources and their interaction with the Environment on a local and global scale in the context of energy transition. Fuel properties and associated risks are presented, with a focus on monitoring networks. The combustion process and its environmental impact will be investigated and the Best Available Technology to reduce pollutant emissions in Large Combustion Plant, LCP, will be analyzed also on the base of the European IPCC BrEF Documents.

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10 CFU tra i seguenti insegnamenti:
108566 ADVANCED RISK ASSESSMENT 5 This teaching unit will provide the students with advanced knowledge and skills on risk assessment, with two specific focuses: (i) seismic risk assessment and mitigation of the built environment, and (ii) multi-hazard risk assessment, considering the impacts generated by multiple and potentially interacting hazards. At the end of the teaching unit, students will be able to: i) apply the concepts and definitions of seismic risk, as well as those related to multi-hazard and multi-risk frameworks; ii) conduct large-scale damage and vulnerability assessments of existing buildings in the post-earthquake emergency phase, and select the best approaches to manage multi-hazard risk; iii) critically evaluate potential seismic risk reduction policies and implement strategies for multi-hazard disaster risk reduction.

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  108567 - SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ICAR/09 2.5 2.5 CFU A SCELTA A scelta dello studente
 		This module aims to provide the fundamentals of seismic risk assessment, emergency management, and mitigation policies of the built environment, with particular emphasis on buildings. At the end of the module, the student will learn the concepts of seismic risk, focusing on their components (hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience). Furthermore, the student will be able to discuss critically possible seismic risk reduction policies and finally acquire the tools to manage large-scale damage and vulnerability surveys of existing buildings in the post-earthquake emergency phase.

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  108570 - MULTI-HAZARD IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT ICAR/02 2.5 2.5 CFU A SCELTA A scelta dello studente
 		The aim of this module is to provide fundamentals of multi-hazard and multi-risk modelling. At the end of the module the student will be able to apply multi-hazard and multi-risk concepts and definitions and describe the available approaches for qualitative and quantitative multi-hazard risk modelling. Furthermore, the student will be able to select the best approaches to manage multi-hazard risk and implement multi-hazard disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies. The knowledge of risk assessment and management approaches that consider multiple hazards and their potential interactions will help the student to better understand and capture the real risk that many areas of the world are prone to, allowing to implement more successful DRR measures.

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94669 CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES MODELLING AND SIMULATION ING-IND/33 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A scelta dello studente
 		The teaching unit is focused on the modelling and simulation of critical energy infrastructures, such as smart grids, electricity production plants, electrical storage systems and transmission lines, considering also electrical system faults; the planning and the operation of the aforementioned energy infrastructures composed of different interconnected systems will be analyzed and the main characteristics of the electric system will be discussed.

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104394 RISK COMMUNICATION AND PERCEPTION M-PSI/06 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A scelta dello studente
 		The teaching unit aims at exploring how individuals perceive, assess, and communicate risks in various contexts concerning environmental hazards. Through interdisciplinary perspectives from psychology, sociology, communication studies, and risk analysis, students delve into the cognitive, emotional, and social factors influencing risk perception. The teaching unit also examines strategies for effective risk communication, including message framing, visual aids, and the role of media and technology. By critically analyzing case studies and current research, students develop a nuanced understanding of how risk perception shapes public attitudes, policies, and behaviors.

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94673 MASTER THESIS 17 17 CFU PROVA FINALE Per la prova finale
 		The objective of the master thesis is to allow the student to analyze and address in depth a specific topic of natural risk management, through the execution of a project work and the redaction of a written manuscript, under a teacher’s supervision.

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94674 INTERNSHIP 5 5 CFU ULTERIORI ATTIVITA' FORMATIVE Ulteriori attività formative
 		The objective of the internship is to allow the student to apply, in an enterprise, institutional, laboratory, or scientific framework, the methodological knowledge and expertise obtained within the master studies.

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3 CFU tra i seguenti insegnamenti:
118370 ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (SV) L-FIL-LET/12 3 3 CFU ULTERIORI ATTIVITA' FORMATIVE Ulteriori attività formative
 		The teaching unit aims to provide international students with the opportunity to acquire a basic knowledge of spoken and written Italian.

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118371 SOFT SKILLS (SV) 3 3 CFU ULTERIORI ATTIVITA' FORMATIVE Ulteriori attività formative
 		This teaching unit aims to provide the students with basic knowledge on the soft and meta-level skills required of professionals by the complex organizational contexts that characterize job environments.

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