A5032209391- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Mining Techniques and Economics
- Climate variability and models
- Remote Sensing and Land Use
- Water resources management and optimization
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Face and Expression Recognition
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
University of Connecticut
2018-2024
University of Padua
2011-2023
Guangzhou University
2017
Babeș-Bolyai University
2015
Abstract Raising interest in the interaction between humans and climate drivers to understand past current development of floods urbanised landscapes is great importance. This study presents a regional screening land-use, rainfall regime flood dynamics north-eastern Italy, covering timeframe 1900–2010. analysis suggests that, statistically, both land-use have been contributing significant increase contribution short duration number flooded locations. The also that arises, determining couple...
Abstract Vineyard landscapes are a relevant part of the European culture, and several authors concluded that they agricultural practice causes highest soil loss. Grape quality depends on availability water, erosion is an important parameter dictating vineyard sustainability; therefore, water conservation measures often implemented. Among them, construction terraces most widely used system. However, while favouring activities, if not properly maintained can lead to local instabilities...
Human societies have been reshaping the geomorphology of landscapes for thousands years, producing anthropogenic geomorphic features ranging from earthworks and reservoirs to settlements, roads, canals, ditches plough furrows that distinct characteristics compared with landforms produced by natural processes. Physical geographers long recognized widespread importance these in altering processes, including hydrologic flows stores, processes soil erosion deposition. In many same landscapes,...
Abstract Drainage channels are an integral part of agricultural landscapes, and their impact on catchment hydrology is strongly recognized. In cultivated urbanized floodplains, have always played a key role in flood protection, land reclamation, irrigation. Bank erosion critical issue channels. Neglecting this process, especially during events, can result underestimation the risk flood‐prone areas. The main aim work to consider low‐cost methodology for analysis bank drainage networks,...
Abstract. The changing climate and anthropogenic activities raise the likelihood of damage due to compound flood hazards, triggered by combined occurrence extreme precipitation storm surge during high tides exacerbated sea-level rise (SLR). Risk estimates associated with these event scenarios are expected be significantly higher than derived from a standard evaluation individual hazards. In this study, we present case studies hazards affecting critical infrastructure (CI) in coastal...
Abstract In floodplains, anthropogenic features such as levees or road scarps, control and influence flows. An up‐to‐date accurate digital data about these are deeply needed for irrigation flood mitigation purposes. Nowadays, LiDAR Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) covering large areas available public authorities, there is a widespread interest in the application of models automatic semiautomatic recognition features. The scarps from can offer quick method to improve topographic databases...
Abstract. A statistical approach to LiDAR derived topographic attributes for the automatic extraction of channel network and choice scale apply parameter evaluation is presented in this paper. The basis use distribution analysis descriptors identify channels where terrain geometry denotes significant convergences. Two case study areas with different morphology degree organization are used their 1 m Digital Terrain Models (DTMs). Topographic attribute maps (curvature openness) various window...
Abstract Drainage networks in agrarian landscape within floodplains constitute surface's discontinuities that are expected to affect hydrological response during floods. network recognition and quantification of water storage capacity channels are, therefore, crucial for watershed planning management. These evaluations require accurate spatial information the area interest most cases, when studying large catchments, broad datasets ditches locations descriptions not available. In order...
Abstract An improved understanding of changes in flood hazard and the underlying driving mechanisms is critical for predicting future better adaptation strategies. While recent increases flooding across world have been partly attributed to a range atmospheric or landscape drivers, one often-forgotten driver properties variability river conveyance capacity. This paper proposes new framework connecting longitudinal conveyance, precipitation climatology, flows sediment connectivity. We present...
ABSTRACT The development of high resolution LiDAR digital terrain models (DTMs) has enabled the exploration statistical signature morphology on curvature distributions. This work analyzes Minimum Curvature distributions to identify two types LiDAR‐DTM errors (outliers and striping artifacts) in derived estimates, rather than itself. analysis shows importance modeling these correctly, relation scale DTM resolution, order have reliable estimates. Nine DTMs different morphological areas are...
Abstract Practices for reducing the impacts of floods are becoming more and advanced, centered on communities reaching out to vulnerable populations. Vulnerable individuals characterized by social economic attributes societal dynamics rooted in each community. These indicators can magnify negative disasters together with capacity individual cope these events. The Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) provides an empirical basis compare differences various spatial scenarios specific environmental...
Climate change (CC) poses a critical threat to Mediterranean agri-food systems, with increasing water scarcity and climate variability jeopardising agricultural sustainability. This study assesses the impacts of CC on cereal yields balance in La Balisa Sub-catchment (SCAB) Segovia province, Spain, region where rainfed winter cereals, such as barley wheat, dominate production. Using combination hydrological crop modelling frameworks (SWAT AquaCrop), research evaluates demand, performance,...
Among the most evident anthropogenic modifications of landscape, terraces related to agricultural activities are ubiquitous structures that constitute important investments worldwide, and they recently acquired a new relevance modern concerns about land-use management erosion control. Conservation agriculture an application with great potentialities for Satellite Earth observation derived high-resolution topography. Due its high agility, Pleiades satellite constellation provides new, digital...
Hillslope viticulture has a long history in Mediterranean Europe, and still holds important cultural economic value. Steep hillsides have widely been levelled by terraces, order to control surface water flow facilitate cultivation. However, under unsustainable management growing rainfall aggressiveness, terraced vineyards become one of the most erosion-prone agricultural landscapes. The Valcamonica valley Lombardy (Italy) presents typical example an ancient wine production region where rural...
This study investigated the variability of agricultural drought severity, as depicted by vegetation indices, and bias in identifying events when considering a stationary vs nonstationary climate reference. The work leveraged gridded data (NCEP CFSv2, CHIRPS 1981–2022), soil properties (OpenLandMap), satellite imagery (Sentinel2/Landsat, 2000–2022), future projections (NEX-GDDP, 2050) together with local knowledge selected farms, to augment monitoring techniques identify potential issues for...