Theme: Hydrology and water resources management

Browse below to see our research topics, our faculties and, at the bottom, what they do and a link to their research publications

The topics covered are:

  • Understanding, monitoring and forecasting of hydrological extremes (floods and droughts; extent, frequency and intensity, uncertainty estimation and data assimilation)
  • Urban hydrology (drainage sustainable restoration of natural processes, surface run-off)
  • Management of water resources
  • Hydraulic engineering and systems
  • Effects of variability and climate change
  • Water and ecosystems (soil-plant-atmosphere interaction, eco-hydrology, water and food)

The researchers involved in this theme are:

Click on the names of the Professors below to access their webpages and check their publications:

  • Giorgio Boni Flood forecasting and warning, Remote sensing, Hydrologic risk
  • Ilaria Gnecco Extreme Rainfall, Sustainable Drainage, Stormwater Pollution
  • Luca Giovanni Lanza Precipitation Measurement, Flood risk, Urban hydrology
  • Anna Palla Urban hydrology, Flood mitigation, Green infrastructure
  • Giorgio Roth Risk management, Hydromorphology, Hydrological extremes