{"id":7,"date":"2021-12-10T05:40:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T05:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban-water-lab.dica.polimi.it\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:11:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.urban-water-lab.dica.polimi.it\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Urbanization deeply alters the water cycle processes<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Urbanization alters the processes of the natural water cycle, conveying water through artificial networks and natural watercourses that are often flowing in restricted riverbeds or in underground channels. Effects of urbanization are alteration of surface runoff,\u00a0 evapotranspiration and infiltration, increasing also impacts on environment through water borne pollutants.<\/p>

Urban water management faces several challenges. On one side, water supply systems have to cope with increasing demands and reducing availability of good quality water resources. On the other, natural and artificial drainage networks are more frequently insufficient to convey runoff, with the increase of urban flooding also due to effects of climate change. Also the impact on the environment is a concern, with natural watercourses that must meet quality standards.<\/p>

Water sustainable management strategies should be based on the integration of nature-based solutions, techniques of river renaturalization and restauration and sustainable urban drainage design. Water supply should be made more resistant and resilient to changing scenarios, by encouraging the use of alternative water resources and the enhancing the use of smart optimizing techniques for water distribution.<\/p>

The final goal is to build future cities that are more resilient to risks and changes, more socially inclusive, more ethical in the satisfaction of water needs and more sensitive to community vulnerability in front of global challenges. To contribute to reach these goals, we present new sustainable approaches and technical solutions for the enhancing of water processes in the urban context, through dissemination of research results, applications
to case studies, literature reviews and guidelines.<\/p>

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Activities are in the form of collaboration in research projects, consulting for public administrations and private companies, teaching activities and active participation to the organization and scientific support of congresses, conferences, seminars, and workshops.<\/p>

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Our group is part of the Water Science and Engineering (SIA) section of DICA at Politecnico di Milano University.<\/b><\/p>

Gianfranco Becciu<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Lab head, associate
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gianfranco.becciu@polimi.it<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Stefano Mambretti<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Associate Professor<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Stefano.mambretti@polimi.it<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Umberto Sanfilippo<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Senior Researcher associate<\/span><\/p><\/td>

umberto.sanfilippo@polimi.it<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Anita Raimondi<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Researcher associate<\/span><\/p><\/td>

anita.raimondi@polimi.it<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mariana Lobo Marchioni<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Researcher fellow<\/span><\/p><\/td>

mariana.marchioni@polimi.it<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Franco Raimondi<\/span><\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate<\/span><\/p><\/td>

franco.raimondi@polimi.it<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Maria Gloria di Chiano<\/span><\/p><\/td>

PhD candidate<\/span><\/p><\/td>

mariagloria.dichiano@polimi.it<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Latest publications (indexed by Scopus)<\/b><\/p>

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Permeable Pavement Hydraulic Conductivity Indices for Rainfall-Runoff and Particulate Matter Loadings<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Marchioni, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Andr\u00e9s-Valeri, V.C.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Sansalone, J.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02021, 147(12), 04021064<\/span><\/p>

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Comparison of urban retrofitting scenarios for sustainable stormwater control: A case study in Milan, Italy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Raimondi, F.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Marchioni, M.L.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02021, 250, pp. 131\u2013142<\/span><\/p>

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Economic sustainability of small-scale hydroelectric plants on a national scale\u2014the Italian case study<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Bettoni, F.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Bianchi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Water (Switzerland)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02021, 13(9), 1170<\/span><\/p>

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Vegetation survival in green roofs without irrigation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Marchioni, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Sanfilippo, U.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Water (Switzerland)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02021, 13(2), 136<\/span><\/p>

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Performance of Green Roofs for Rainwater Control<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Water Resources Management<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02021, 35(1), pp. 99\u2013111<\/span><\/p>

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Integrated strategies for river restoration and land re-naturalization in urban areas: A case study in Milan, Italy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Raimondi, F.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Dresti, C.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Marchioni, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0…<\/span>Mambretti, S.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02020, 194, pp. 23\u201334<\/span><\/p>

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Performances and uncertainty of temperature methods for illicit infiltrations and inflows assessment in storm water sewers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Sanfilippo, U.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Marchioni, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02020, 194, pp. 109\u2013120<\/span><\/p>

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Infiltration-exfiltration systems design under hydrological uncertainty<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Raimondi, A.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Marchioni, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Sanfilippo, U.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02020, 194, pp. 143\u2013154<\/span><\/p>

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Functional feasibility in optimal evaluation of water distribution network performances<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Fuso, F.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Cunha, M.C.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Water (Switzerland)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02020, 12(12), 3404<\/span><\/p>

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Clogging potential evaluation of porous mixture surfaces used in permeable pavement systems<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>

Brugin, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Marchioni, M.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Becciu, G.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0…<\/span>Toraldo, E.<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Andr\u00e9s-Valeri, V.C.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b>,\u00a02020, 24(5), pp. 620\u2013630<\/span><\/p>

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