WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

LECTURES, SEMINARS, DISCUSSION
1. <Introduction>
- Human-Landscape interaction in the "Anthropocene"
- Socio-economic development & land degradation
- Case studies
- Roundtable Discussion
2. <Water management in lowlands>
- Lowlands in the world, in the EU, in Italy: challenges, criticalities, future perspectives
- Water management in land reclamation consortia ("Consorzio di Bonifica")
- Case study of the Netherlands
- Case study of Veneto
- Roundtable Discussion
3. <Principles of hydraulics>
- Physical properties of fluids
- Pressure, forces on submerged surfaces
- Open channel flow
- Measurement instruments
- Case study
- Roundtable Discussion
4. <Principles of hydrology>
- Water cycle and rainfall analysis
- Soil hydraulic properties
- Infiltration (Green-Ampt model)
- Surface and sub-surface water flow processes
- Measurement instruments and hydrometeorological networks
- Case study
- Roundtable Discussion
5. <Soil erosion>
- Types of soil erosion
- Impact of soil erosion by water in Europe and in the World
- Soil erosion analysis and modelling
- Case study
- Roundtable Discussion
6. <Remote sensing technologies>
- Airborne & Terrestrial Laser Scanners
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) topographic survey
- Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetric technique
- Case study
- Roundtable Discussion
7. <Soil and Water resources management>
- Land-use change effects on physical processes in the lowlands (rainfall-runoff analysis, ponding scenario analysis)
- Water resources management in land reclamation areas (saltwater intrusion monitoring and alert scenarios)
- Mitigation and control of land degradation in hilly landscapes (agricultural terraces, surface-water drainage systems)
- Case study
- Roundtable Discussion

GIS LAB
Lab.1 <Digital Terrain Analysis of lowlands>
- Digital Elevation Model (derived by laser scanner) of urbanized floodplains
- Digital terrain analysis: slope calculation, channel levees mapping
- Digital terrain analysis: curvature calculation, drainage ditches mapping
- Ponding (potential water depth on the surfaces) calculation and mapping
Lab.2 <Soil erosion>
- Soil erosion mapping and analysis in EU and Italy (using RUSLE)
Lab.3 <Drainage systems in high steep cultivated slopes>
- Drainage system analysis in terraced landscapes
- Drainage system analysis along agricultural roads