SEMINARI

Date: 26 giugno 2024, 14.00

Title: European Copernicus Programme

Speakers: Proff. A. Papakonstan4nou, S. Patsalidis, C. Ladisa and A. Agapiou

Venue: Online

Proposing Institution: Poliba

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This webinar is specifically designed to explore the possibilities and uses of the Copernicus program, the European Union's Earth observation endeavor. Copernicus delivers satellite data and essential information for environmental management, civil defense, and security operations, as well as to encourage sustainable development and scientific research.

Date: 5 June 2024, 15.30-17.30

Title: Urban Forestry and Nature-Based Solutions

Speaker: Prof. Clive DAVIES

Venue: Lecture room Ciccarone (Central Building 2nd floor Di.S.S.PA.)

Proposing Institution: Uniba

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Prof. Clive DAVIES is a Senior Lecturer in Green Infrastructure and Landscape Planning, Newcastle University, UK and Senior Researcher, advisor and facilitator on the Urban Forestry, Governance and Resilience, Program at the European Forest Institute (EFI Germany)

The world is currently facing an unprecedented emergency due to the triple planetary crisis - biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental pollution. Nature based solutions (NbS) have emerged as a major approach to dealing with these challenges. The seminar will focus in on our current global understanding of NbS with a particular focus on Europe-China, comparisons and in-depth look at the role of urban trees and forests as a nature-based solution.

Date: 4 June 2024, 15.00-16.00

Title: New technologies for water resources management: insight for Morocco

Speaker: Prof. Lhossaine BOUCHAOU

Title: Impact of climate change on water resources: Bin El Ouidane Case study (Morocco)

Speaker: Prof. El Mahdi EL KHALKI

Venue: CNR IRSA

Proposing Institution: Uniba

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Prof. Lhoussaine BOUCHAOU, Senior Speaker, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir (Morocco); affiliated Speaker, International Water Research Institute (IWRI) of University Mohamed 6 Polytechnic, Benguérir (Morocco).

The Moroccan economy is classified as a developing economy with a strong agricultural component, which consumes about 85% water resources. The presentation will mainly focus on water saving in agriculture using a synergistic combination of new technologies, tools and approaches. This combination includes new technologies for in situ measurement, aerospace observations, multidisciplinary modelling, and the principles of collective intelligence for the co-construction of a model for the sustainable management of water resources.

Prof. El Mahdi EL KHALKI, Assistant Speaker, International Water Research Institute (IWRI) of University Mohamed 6 Polytechnic, Benguérir (Morocco).

Mediterranean countries are strongly affected by reduced surface water resources. The presentation concerns the climate change impacts on runoff supply to the Bin El Ouidane dam in Morocco, the largest in the country in terms of hydropower production. A water balance model coupled with a stochastic calibration method is used to reproduce discharge. Five regional climate models from the EURO-CORDEX initiative are considered to estimate the climate change impacts on surface runoff for the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP4.5) and RCP8.5 scenarios.

Date: 25 March 2024, 16:00-17:00

Title: Urban agriculture in a changing climate

Speaker: Prof. Luciene PIMENTEL-Speaker on Hydrology, Environment and Urban Systems Graduate Program on Urban Management (PPGTU) Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) - Brazil

Venue: Lecture room Constructions, 1° floor (Di.S.S.P.A.)

Proposing Institution: Uniba

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Prof. Luciene PIMENTEL, Ph.D. Expertise in teaching, research, and sustainability projects. Holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Hydrology) from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Post Doctoral in Urban Management.

Agriculture and climate are interconnected in various ways. Some of the current challenges are associated with alterations in weather and water patterns, such as changing rainfall patterns and the increasing frequency of heatwaves. These factors contribute to the enlargement and severity of water crises. This poses a significant challenge for community gardens, particularly in Global South countries, where urban agriculture is considered a means to enhance food security. The seminar will explore strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation to address these challenges.

Date: 5 March 2024, 12.00-13.30

Title: Things can get messy when we miss the big picture: the real case of a road on the move

Speaker: Prof. Giorgios BELOKAS della University of West Attica (Atene)

Venue: Council room (DICATECh)

Proposing Institution: Poliba

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Dr. Georgio BELOKAS is Assistant Speaker in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of West Attica, the Head of the “Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering Division” at UNIWA and the General Secretary of the Hellenic department of ISSMGE.

In the February 2003 one of the largest highway landslides in Greece occurred, in which about 6,000,000 m³ of the soil material moved downslope disrupting the road. The failure included a complex combine movement of a deep translational slide and a superficial earthflow-mudflow. The deep movements developed mainly around the interface of the colluvium with the flysch bedrock at depths varying from about 20m to 35m, whilst the superficial flow was assisted by a prolonged very wet season from November to February. After the catastrophic event, a new geotechnical investigation in 2003 allowed to recognise that various lithological, hydrogeological, geotechnical, and morphological factors have interacted in a geological time scale to that of the highway. This lecture presents the evolution pf the landslide and the conditions that led to its activation and discusses road resilience and remedial measures. If the engineer fails to the broader geological-geotechnical and the extreme hydrological environment, this can lead to sever situations, even catastrophic ones.

Date: 26 October 2023, 15:00

Title:  Construction of a mathematical model of the movement of an agricultural machine unit

Speakers: Prof. Volodymyr BULGAKOV- Speaker of Mechanics, Prof Valerii ADAMCHUK- Speaker, Doctor of tecnical sciense (Agricultural engineering); National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Venue: Mechanics room, 1° floor (Di.S.S.P.A.)

Proposing Institution: Uniba

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Scientific research carried out by the Institute of mechanics and automatics of agroindustrial production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine Prof. Valerii Adamchuk

WORKSHOP

Date: 5 March 2024, 9.30-14:00

Title: Project GEORES (END-USERS WORKSHOP)

Venue: SFERA INFORMATICA s.r.l. & ONLINE Trav. Sinistra Via Vigili del Fuoco, 6 Modugno (BA)

Proposing Institution: Uniba

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Workshop to present the GEORES Project (Geospatial application to support the improvement of environmental sustainability and resilience to climate change in urban areas) financed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as part of the ASI programme "Innovation for Downstream Preparation for Science" on funding from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

The project involves the integration of data and calculation models for the management of natural and anthropogenic risks, developed by UNIBA (Departments DISSPA, Physics and DISTeGeo) in collaboration with CNR-IREA.