Hylab- Parma Hydraulic Engineering Research Lab
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Address: viale delle scienze 181/A Prof. Maria Giovanna Tanda - mariagiovanna.tanda@unipr.it Prof. Andrea Zanini - andrea.zanini@unipr.it Prof. Marco D’Oria - marco.doria@unipr.it Prof. Valeria Todaro - valeria.todaro@unipr.it Doc. Laura Molino Doc. Camilla Fagandini Doc. Daniele Secci |
COME RAGGIUNGERCI
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Research topics:
The Hydrology and Hydraulic Constructions Research Group (Hylab) focuses on issues related to water and its interaction with human activities. Water is a fundamental resource for human activities, both for purposes directly linked to human consumption (drinking water) and indirectly for availability in agriculture (irrigation water) and industry. The unavailability of water for irrigation and industrial purposes causes economic damage to agricultural production and the food supply chain.
Hylab conducts research aimed at forecasting drought events in order to prepare mitigation measures in advance, through both structural solutions (reservoirs) and non-structural ones (adjustment of supply systems, use of alternative water sources).
The study of climate change — which plays a crucial role in the occurrence of droughts — has been carried out by Hylab for over a decade, using statistical techniques and artificial intelligence, always adhering to the scientific guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Hylab also conducts research on groundwater and its pollution, with the awareness that the use of groundwater, already widely practiced, will increase during drought periods and as the availability of surface water with suitable characteristics continues to decline.
Selected Publications: (max 10):
Assessing pollution and water resources suitability for multiple uses under extended drought and climate change conditions: the case of the Grombalia aquifer in Tunisia / Jarray, Hanen; Mellah, Thuraya; D'Oria, Marco; Todaro, Valeria; Tanda, Maria Giovanna; Baccouche, Hatem; Mansouri, Lobna; Ghrabi, Ahmed; Akrout, Hanene. - In: STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT. - ISSN 1436-3240. - 39:1(2025), pp. 100611.129-100611.154. [10.1007/s00477-024-02854-5]
Assessing the impact of climate change on a coastal karst aquifer in a semi-arid area / D'Oria, Marco; Balacco, Gabriella; Todaro, Valeria; Alfio, Maria Rosaria; Tanda, Maria Giovanna. - In: GROUNDWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 2352-801X. - 25:(2024). [10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101131]
Modeling for sustainable groundwater management: Interdependence and potential complementarity of process-based, data-driven and system dynamics approaches / Secci Daniele, Saysel Ali Kerem, Uygur İzel, Yoloğlu Onur Cem, Zanini Andrea, Copty Nadim K. - In: Science of The Total Environment, Volume 951, 2024, 175491, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175491.Meteorological drought characteristics in the historical period and in future climate model projections - a regional analysis / Tanda, Maria Giovanna; D'Oria, Marco; Todaro, Valeria. - (2023), pp. 379-384. In Technologies for Integrated River Basin Management - Volume 44 - 2023 - ISBN: 978-88-97181-87-3
Artificial intelligence models to evaluate the impact of climate change on groundwater resources / Secci, Daniele; Giovanna Tanda, Maria; D'Oria, Marco; Todaro, Valeria. - In: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. - ISSN 0022-1694. - 627:(2023). [10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130359]
Drought Management plans: setting of preventive and ongoing actions for the mitigation of damage to the environment and agriculture / Tanda, Maria Giovanna; D'Oria, Marco; Moroni, Fernanda; Montecorboli, Chiara; Gardella, Marco; Arduini, Luigi; Mammi, Nicola. - Volume 43:(2022), pp. 227-235.. In: Technologies for Integrated River Basin Management - ISBN: 978-88-97181-86-6
Climate Change over the Mediterranean Region: Local Temperature and Precipitation Variations at Five Pilot Sites / Todaro, V.; D'Oria, M.; Secci, D.; Zanini, A.; Tanda, M. G.. - In: WATER. - ISSN 2073-4441. - 14:16(2022), p. 2499. [10.3390/w14162499]
Impacts of climate change on groundwater droughts by means of standardized indices and regional climate models / Secci, D.; Tanda, M. G.; D'Oria, M.; Todaro, V.; Fagandini, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. - ISSN 0022-1694. - 603:(2021), p. 127154.127154. [10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127154]
Main collaborations:
National:
Autorità distrettuale di bacino del Fiume Po
Agenzia interregionale per il Fiume Po
GAIA S.p.A. Gestore Idrico Toscana
International
InTheMed - Innovative and Sustainable Groundwater Management in the Mediterranean” (InTheMED), PRIMA Program project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Grant Agreement n. 1923. Project in collaboration with Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey. Responsabile per il DIA Prof.ssa Maria Giovanna Tanda. Anni 2020-2023.
ACTIVE PROJECTS
OurMED - Sustainable water storage and distribution in the Mediterranean. PRIMA Program project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation under grant agreement No. 2222. Project in collaboration with Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey. Responsabile per il DIA Prof.ssa Maria Giovanna Tanda. Anni 2023-2026.