The session welcomes contributions in English, presenting innovative research approaches for the planning, management, and rehabilitation of Small Agricultural Reservoirs (SmARs) as an adaptive measure, to promote resilience of agricultural systems to drought.
Possible contributions can include, but are not limited to:
1. Innovative methods to map, monitor, and estimate SmARs’ area and volume through GIS and remote sensing, including Artificial Intelligence tools;
2. Socio-hydrological and hydro-social assessment of SmARs’ social, economic, and environmental sustainability, and of drivers and barriers to SmARs’ utilization (policy, technical, etc.);
3. SmARs’ role in enhancing the resilience to extreme drought and flood events under climate change scenarios;
4. Modelling of SmARs’ at the local and watershed scale, including key processes such as surface and subsurface hydrology, evaporation and/or sedimentation;
5. Integration of SmARs’ with diverse drought adaptation measures at the watershed scale (conservation agriculture, water saving irrigation, managed aquifer recharge, large dams).
Proponenti:
Elena Bresci, Università di Firenze
Francesca Todisco, Università di Perugia
Maria Cristina Rulli, Politecnico di Milano
Elena Ridolfi, Università di Roma La Sapienza
Silvia Di Francesco, Università Niccolò Cusano
Barbara Casentini, IRSA-CNR