A5035347957- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Dam Engineering and Safety
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Climate change and permafrost
- Water management and technologies
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Heavy metals in environment
- Historical Geography and Cartography
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
- Hydraulic flow and structures
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
University of Brescia
2014-2024
Brescia University
2020-2022
University of Florence
2020
Ospedale di Livorno
2020
Terra
2020
Film Independent
2017
Casa di Cura Villa Garda
2017
Japan External Trade Organization
2011-2012
In recent years, flood-related risk has been increasing worldwide, being inundations among the natural disasters which induce maximum damage in terms of economic losses. research reported this paper, a methodology to map flooding residual hazard due levee failure events induced by piping embankments protecting flood-prone areas is proposed. Ensemble simulations are used account for uncertainties location, geometry, and time-evolution breaches. Probabilistic flooding-hazard maps generated...
Abstract The study of the multiannual thermal dynamics Lake Iseo, a deep lake in Italian pre‐alpine area, is presented. Interflow was found to be dominant river entrance mode, suggesting future susceptibility structure overall effects climate change expected upstream alpine watershed. A model employed results long‐term hydrologic simulate scenario on lake's evolution for period 2012–2050. predicts an average increase water temperature 0.012 °C/year and reinforced Schmidt stability column...
Abstract The research aims to investigate the spatiotemporal changes of water balance components and distinguish relative impacts climatic data land-use on groundwater level in northeastern Iran. This investigation employs WetSpass-M model estimate Mann-Kendall test alongside Sen's slope estimator evaluate trend. study also assesses mean annual components, considering diverse combinations soil. findings offer a hydrological insight, revealing that 14% precipitation results runoff, 29%...
The water engineering group of the University Brescia is active in Horizon Europe project LOESS (https://loess-project.eu/) since its start June 2023, together with other nineteen European –of which two Italian– partners. final goals are to raise awareness on importance soil and functions, increase literacy across help developing innovative educational materials practices.To do so, we –together Italian partners– created an Community Practice (CoP)...
Abstract. The potential impact of climate change scenarios on the runoff regime in Italian Alpine area was investigated. A preliminary analysis output three Global Circulation Models (PCM, HADCM, ECHAM) needed to select IPCC-based for 2000–2099 period. Two basins, 1840 and 236 km2 size, respectively, with different glaciated areas storage capacity reservoirs were selected as case studies. PCM model, one capable better reproduce observed rainfall investigated area, IPCC SRES A2 scenario...
Traditionally, levees are a popular measure widely adopted for flood control, accepted and trusted by populations living in floodplain areas. The presence of sometimes might even induce false sense safety the population, influencing their decision to develop further floodplains, because they feel safer. Thus, failures levee systems potentially devastating, as loss human lives, damages properties, economic loss. This study proposes an innovative methodology estimate reliability systems,...
For the last forty-five years (from 1974 to present) ferroalloy production in Bagnolo Mella, Northern Italy, has generated particulate emissions enriched potentially toxic metals and metalloids including arsenic (As), lead (Pb) manganese (Mn). Of these, Mn is unique that it a significant background concentration seldom studied as contaminant but toxin derived from dusts regionally. Here we examine distribution, redistribution, speciation bioavailability of Mn-contaminated top soils affected...
In order to investigate the influence of soil vertical nonhomogeneity on dynamics water in upper layer, an analytical solution linearized Richards equation was derived. Here hydraulic conductivity K s at saturation is assumed decrease exponentially with depth, accordance field data reported literature and collected during our surveys mountain catchments. Gardner's constitutive laws were for retention characteristics ( ) Ψ( ). The resulting one‐dimensional linear, its coefficients depth. An...
Infiltration is one of the most important landslides triggering mechanisms and it controlled by hydraulic characteristics soil, which depend on degree saturation, existence preferential flow paths anisotropy. In order to account for that can have place in macro-pores fissures, common represent soil matrix means superimposition two different domains: a domain, mainly accounts porous matrix, domain representing through fissures. There been recent investigations influences slope stability;...
In the second half of 17th century, Perrault's and Mariotte's works, followed by Halley's measures evaporation, paved way to comprehenison hydrological cycle as it is currently understood. Italy debate was lively involved a number scholars, who actively or only cursorily dealt with theme. They were pure applied mathematicians, natural scientists, Jesuit scholars physicians, technicians connoisseurs matter. this work we reanalyse complex multifaceted debate, which, over course century from...
The paper presents the activity performed at University of Brescia by students and researchers, belonging to different Mediterranean cultures disciplines, prepare a documentary exhibition on irrigation techniques in water scarcity conditions, occasion International Year Soils 2015. Traditional were identified as key aspect soil conservation agricultural practices, build living autopoietic ecosystems, also adverse climatic adapt changes. Being structural source ecosystem survival, being based...
An experimental field campaign was performed during summer 2012 in an Alpine environment (Cividate Camuno, Oglio river basin, 274 m a.s.l.) order to assess the water balance of anthropized soil at local scale. A micrometeorological station equipped with traditional sensors coupled eddy covariance apparatus and TDR installed measure precipitation, evapotranspiration soil—water content different depths. The properties were determined after laboratory investigations. Here preliminary results...
Abstract The lemon houses of Lake Garda provide Ecosystem Services, due to their history and deep rooting in the landscape. Unfortunately, Urban Planning hasn’t ever taken into account these possible benefits. In fact, it has always allowed reuse as residences sustained conservation buildings only. lack interest reintroducing growing or other agricultural activities produced a noticeable impoverishment local To overcome limits, should be oriented implement practices, which take root bring...
In this study, different methods were compared in order to determine the soil hydraulic conductivity at saturation (Ks) of two heavily anthropized soils northern Italy: an irrigated field and a landfill cover. situ, laboratory measurements (falling head evaporation method) pedotransfer functions (ROSETTA HYPRES) used for Ks estimation. accordance with scientific literature, results have shown that is largely dependent on type technique taking measurements. The ROSETTA HYPRES show quite...
Abstract In dry days the temperature of upper soil layers presents a characteristic asymmetric periodic‐like pattern with minimum in morning and maximum afternoon. view estimating conductive heat component surface energy balance, at local, basin, global scales, this study we use periodic series solution Fourier equation to develop simple procedure accurately reconstruct flux profiles. The method is based on weighting phasing harmonics by means coefficients which do not depend thermal...