Antonia LONGOBARDI | DROUGHT RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION
Antonia LONGOBARDI DROUGHT RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION
cod. 0622500048
DROUGHT RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION
| 0622500048 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING | |
| EQF7 | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL AND TERRITORIAL ENGINEERING | |
| 2023/2024 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICAR/02 | 6 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCES TO BE ACQUIRED THE TEACHING OF DROUGHT RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION AIMS TO DEVELOP AND DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR THE CORRECT ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND THE OPTIMAL METHODS OF THEIR EXPLOITATION AND MANAGEMENT IN CONDITIONS OF SCARCITY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. FROM A GENERAL POINT OF VIEW, THE TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND MASTERY OF THE ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR WATER RESOURCES IN CONDITIONS OF SCARCITY, TO BE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE STUDY OF THEORETICAL METHODS AND ESPECIALLY THROUGH APPLICATION TO PRACTICAL EXAMPLES. FROM A SPECIALIST POINT OF VIEW, THE TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - DROUGHT RISK ANALYSIS AND MODELLING - TYPES OF RESOURCES AND OPTIMAL METHODS OF EXPLOITATION - ENVIRONMENTAL AND MINIMUM HYDROLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. FROM A GENERAL POINT OF VIEW, THE TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO PROBLEMS RELATED TO HYDROLOGY IN ORDER TO SOLVE INNOVATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS AND TO DEVELOP AND APPLY ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES UNDER CRITICAL AVAILABILITY CONDITIONS. FROM A SPECIALIST POINT OF VIEW, THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO - ANALYSE HYDROLOGICAL DATA SETS USING STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES - CHARACTERISE DROUGHTS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER RESOURCES - OPTIMISE WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS WITHIN HYDROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT. THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO GATHER AND INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO MANAGE THE COMPLEXITY OF WATER SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY TECHNICAL BUT ALSO SOCIAL AND ETHICAL JUDGEMENTS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION OF THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE. COMMUNICATION SKILLS. THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS TO CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY COMMUNICATE KNOWLEDGE, METHODS AND CONCLUSIONS RELATED TO WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS, BOTH TO INTERLOCUTORS WITH ADEQUATE SPECIALIST PREPARATION (INSTITUTIONAL OR OTHER TECHNICAL INTERLOCUTORS) AND, WITH DUE SIMPLIFICATION, TO NON-SPECIALIST INTERLOCUTORS. LEARNING CAPACITY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO DEVELOP LEARNING SKILLS THAT WILL ALLOW THE COURSE PARTICIPANTS TO CONTINUE TO STUDY AND DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS DEALT WITH, MOSTLY AUTONOMOUSLY, AND WITH A PROPENSITY TO SEARCH FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE REQUIRES A SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND HYDRAULICS AND THE ABILITY OF PERFORMING SIMPLE GRAPHIC OPERATIONS IN CAD OR GIS ENVIRONMENT. NO PROPEDEUCITY |
| Contents | |
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| THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE: RECALL OF THE MAIN PHENOMENA, MASS BALANCE AND ENERGY BALANCE. (5H LESSON) CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIN CLIMATE FORCING, CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL EVAPOTRASPIRATION PROCESS (2H LESSON, 3H EXERCISE) TIME SERIES ANALYSIS (3H LESSON, 2H EXERCISE) DROUGHT AND ARIDITY. DEFINITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DROUGHT AND WATER SCARCITY PROBLEMS. DROUGHT MONITORING. ACTIVE AND PROACTIVE APPROACHES TO RISK MANAGEMENT (2H LESSON, 3H EXERCISE) INDICATORS OF METEOROLOGICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHT. DURATION AND SEVERITY OF DROUGHTS PHENOMENA. DROUGHT PROPAGATION ANALYSIS. RUN THEORY. CORRELATION ANALYSIS (6H LESSON, 4H EXERCISE) MODEL OF SYNTHETIC GENERATION OF MONTHLY DISCHARGE: COMPONENTS OF OUTFLOWS, DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS THROUGH A CONCEPTUAL SCHEME, METHODS FOR CALIBRATION OF THE MODEL AND ESTIMATION OF NET INFLOWS. (3H LESSON, 2H PRACTICE) ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIRS: OPERATING PRINCIPLES, RELIABILITY ANALYSIS, RELIABILITY INDEXES, MANAGEMENT RULES, EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE VARIATION OF USE AND CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE OPERATION OF THE RESERVOIR. (3H LESSON, 2H PRACTICE) HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS: FLOW DURATION CURVES, REGULARIZATION OF CURVES AND MINIMAL, POWER DURATION CURVES, MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY OF A RUNNING WATER SYSTEM. (5H LESSON, 5H PRACTICE) NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS: OPERATING PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHY, MAIN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES, MAIN BLUE INFRASTRUCTURES, ADAPTATION OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, MITIGATION OF PHENOMENA CONNECTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE. (2H LESSON, 3H PRACTICE) CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BASEFLOW DISCHARGE ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. (3H LESSON, 2H PRACTICE) EXERCISES: ALL THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE ADDRESSED FROM AN OPERATIONAL VIEW, THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF EXERCISES AIMED AT LEARNING THE METHODS DESCRIBED DURING THE COURSE. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE COURSE IS COMPOSED BY LESSONS (36H), AND CLASS EXERCISES (24H). THE EXERCISES ARE MEANT TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY OF APPLYING THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. EACH STUDENT SHALL PRODUCE A TECHNICAL REPORT DURING THE COURSE, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE LESSONS AS WELL AS DURING THE TUTORING HOURS. THE ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY YET STRONGLY SUGGESTED |
| Verification of learning | |
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| PRESENTATION OF THE EXERCISES AND ORAL EXAM THE STUDENT WILL BE REQUIRED AT LEAST TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE METHODS AND MODELS USED IN THE EXERCISES. THE ABILITY OF USING THE CONCEPTS OF THE SUBJECT TO SOLVE NEW PROBLEMS WILL BE ALSO EVALUATED FOR THE ‘CUM LAUDE’ GRADE, WILL BE CONSIDERED: QUALITY OF PRESENTATION ABILITY OF CROSS CORRELATION AMONG THE TOPICS OF THE CLASS AND OTHER SUBJECTS AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT. |
| Texts | |
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| KING-OKUMU, C. 2021. A RAPID REVIEW OF DROUGHT RISK MITIGATION MEASURES – INTEGRATED DROUGHT MANAGEMENT. ROME, FAO. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.4060/CB7085EN NOTES AND HANDOUTS PREPARED BY THE LECTURERS (HTTPS://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/005116/HOME). |
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