Chiara Biscarini, Water resources management in Biosphere Reserves in Italy Venice, 16-17 December 2021 Overall responsibility for the views and opinions expressed in the slides is taken by the authors

1. WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
IN BIOSPHERERESERVES
IN ITALY
16-17 DECEMBER 2021, VENEZIA
Chiara Biscarini

2. WE ARE
The UNESCO Chair on “Water Resources Management and Culture”, established in Perugia in 2013 following the Agreement
between Unesco, the University for Foreigners of Perugia and the Honors Center of Italian Universities (H2CU)
The specific objectives of the Chair are:
•develop course on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
•by combining technical and cultural aspects, and to train students, faculty, water and development professionals, water service
providers, institutional decision makers and trainers;
•carry out researches jointly with partners to enhance knowledge that would inform innovative and interdisciplinary strategies to
manage water, and disseminate results widely;
•help establish a network of experts and institutions to facilitate collaborations and the sharing of knowledge and good practices
in water management;
•foster the realization of scientific, social and management support systems to facilitate/strengthen cooperation among
relevant institutions at the national and regional level;
UNESCO Chair on “Water Resources Management and Culture”
Chair Holder
Prof. Lucio Ubertini –
Sapienza University of Rome
Full Professor and H2CU Director
Board
• SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
• ADVISOR COMMITEE
• AFFILIATED FACULTIES
• GRADUATE STUDENTS

3. WE ARE
H2CU (Honors Center of Italian Universities)
of Sapienza University of Rome
• an association of 21 Italian universities and
• 3 institutes of the Italian National Research Council (CNR),
which supports educational programs in collaboration with
• 5 American universities
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University,
• Pace University, Columbia University,
• Florida International University
The activities promoted by H2CU include
short periods of study to pursue research for
the thesis and individual double degree programs.
H2CU Honors Center of Italian Universities
of Sapienza University of Rome

4. RESEARCH
Flood risk mitigation, protection of natural ecosytem Circular Economy
Protection and rehab cultural heritage: the role of water
Social responsibility, volouteers role in managing water
EDUCATION
Definition of a water education indicator (WEi)
Examples of a New educative roads
DISSEMINATION
16-17 DECEMBER 2021, VENEZIA

5. project aims to develop and promote a sustainable protocol for the management of
flood risk areas and the re-use of biomasses and muds coming from those areas for
energy production and construction purposes.
GEST-RIVER
Research
Eco ‐ Sustainable Management of Flooding Risk in natural
protected areas and Economic Valorisation of Resources
The creation of a supply chain for the exploitation of biomasses
from river areas

6. Hydraulic
risk analysis
Slope erosion
analysis
Riverbed
maintenance
analysis
Biomass
enhancement
Sediment and
mud
enhancement
Endogenous
contexts
analysis
 Floodplain boundaries definition
 Drone mapping
 Land use mapping
 Anti-erosion materials testing
 Solid transport monitoring
 1-D/ 2-D Hydrodynamic simulations for
 different roughness coefficient
 Tests of different grassing coverage
 Chemical / Physical characterization
 Energetic recovery models for biomass
 Chemical / Physical characterization
 Recovery models
 Citizen science tools
 Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
 Human sensors, crowdsourcing
Floodplain
maintenance
Scenarios
Prevention
flooding
and erosion
phenomena
Bioethanol
production
Sediments
and
drainage MUDS
Enhancement
scenarios
Polyols
production
Bricks
production
Social
participation
process
TASKS TOOLS SCENARIOS GOALS

8. Flood risk mitigation
• Without maintance(a)
• rugness 50 cm (b)
• rugness 100 cm (c)
(a)
(b)
(c)

9. 4TH DECEMBER 1999 THE COMMITTEE INSCRIBED
THE SITE ON THE World Heritage List
Aniene (tributary of Tevere) PL I sec BCE
Date of
Inscription
1999
Property 80 ha
Buffer zone 500 ha
Ref: 907

10. •Simulzione idraulica fully 2D
•Modellazione Ponte Lucano
•Lidar 1 x1 m PCN
Flood Risk
•CORINNE land Cover
(1990:2012)
•Edificato PCN
•Buffer zone UNESCO Heritage
Impact land uuse
Vulnerability
Ex Post Risk
Scenario
Aree inondabili
TR= 50, 200 anni
Zonazione
Ex Ante
Scenario
DRR
•Misure non strutturali
•Sistemi di preallarme e preallerta
•Opere di food proofing
•PASSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION
•citizen partecipation Monitoraggio volontari
DRR Non structural
measures
Social parteciaption
DRR Non structural
measures
• Misure strutturali
• argini
• laminazione
• canali scolmatori e di bypass
Valorizzazione
patrimonio
Paesaggistico
Storico
Culturale
METHODOLOGY
10

11. Hydraulic Risk
2D fluid dynamic model PONTE LUCANO
11
a) Image of the South front of Ponte Lucano. (b) Thermal image with
solar radiation (11.30 414 a.m. of January 26th). (c) Thermal image in
absence of solar radiation (05.00 p.m. of January 29th).
This work has investigated the use of innovative
methods for the analysis and diagnosis of
historical masonry structures. An illustrative case
study has been considered, consisting of the
iconic Roman bridge of Ponte Lucano in Tivoli,
Italy.

12. Flood map
Output
Simulation 2D
Watre depth 12
TR= 50 anni

13. 1/0/00
9/8/13
5/18/27
1/24/41
10/3/54
6/11/68
2/18/82
10/28/95
7/6/09
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79 82 85 88
1923 - 2001
13
Flood HISTORICAL EVENTS

14. Land use: change
14
2004 2016

15. land use and vulnerability
15
Corinne Land cover 1990

16. 16
Corinne Land cover 1990
land use and vulnerability

17. PASSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION
Free View Levee Topper
17
Ponte Lucano
Cultural heritage vulnerability

18. PASSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION Levee Topper
18

19. PASSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION – Flood proofing mobile
19

20. PASSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION: Flood proofing MOBILI Best Practice
20

21. Mauseleo dei Plautii
Ponte Lucano
21

22. sx
dx
22

23. Archeological and fluvial park
23

24. 24
Archeological and fluvial park

25. Tiber River Basin
- The Tiber River basin has
approximately 4.7 million
inhabitants
- The annual average discharge of
the Tiber River into the Tyrrhenian
Sea is 225 m3/s or approximately
7 billion m3
Flood Risk Maps
R1  LOW RISK – high Tr – low susceptibility
R2  MEDIUM RISK – Tr 200- Tr 500 – very high /
high susceptibility
R3  HIGH RISK – Tr 50 – Tr 200 - very high
susceptibility
R4  VERY HIGH RISK - Tr 50 – very high
susceptibility

26. Pontecuti Bridge – Tiber River La Barca Bridge (Deruta) – Tiber River

27. grado di vulnerabilità
fair
average
high
very high
82 BRIDGES
7 TABLEs for each bridge – 7 selected parameters
4 VULNERABILITY LEVELS

28. Evaluation of the vulnerability of a bridge structure
Vtot

29. 1%
5%
20%
74%
Fair
Average
High
Very high
Distribution of vulnerability assessment
Outcomes: fragility of the calculation
of the flood risk from the point of
view of vulnerability because of the
lack of an accurate risk mapping
like the one analyzed.
Such assessment enable real-time
flood management  citizen
should be part of the management
process

30. Citizen participation
grado di vulnerabilità
adeguato
medio
elevato
molto elevato

31. SURVEY MODEL
Analysis of the affected population sample
and of its risks perception
- Biographical features
- Main types of houses
- Having or having not ever experienced natural
disasters
- Their level of satisfaction regarding their
personal home area
- Their intention of leaving
- Data about the risks perception
Respondents’ assessment on the institutions
and the information process functions
concerning the natural risks
-Appropriateness of the current prevention rules
-Effectiveness of the intervention organisation
-Attention given to this issue by the institutions
-The media system ability to provide objective
information
Level of clearness, credibility and expertise belonging
to the many actors who take part in the
communication process
-Civil protection
-Fire department
-Experts
-Mayor
-Voluntary / Environmental
organisations
-Law enforcement
-Region
-Teachers
-Journalists
-Politicians
Citizen Perception of Risk (Bridges) and
participative management
?
Are you avaiable to be involved on the monitoring
and maintenance of bridges?
Are you avaiable to help expertises with the
resilience process?

32. Dynamic
Ridefinition
Survey
Technical analysis

33. Citizens’ perception and risks management
evaluation in Natural Disasters
(1) UNESCO Chair in Water Resource Management and Culture, Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Perugia,
Italy
(giovanna.pagnotta@unistrapg.it), (2) DEIM Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Maria Giovanna Pagnotta (1), Chiara Biscarini (1), Ilaria Baffo (2), Giuliano Fabbri (2)

34. 16-17 DECEMBER 2021, VENEZIA
Education

35. Education

36. Education

37. Water education indicator

38. Water education indicator

39. Water education indicator
Water education indicator

40. Water education indicator
Water education indicator

41. Water education indicator

42. Water education indicator

43. This degree course, developed from a transdisciplinary point of view and featuring a high degree of internationalisation, is designed to
deepen the theme of sustainability in its classic three dimensions of the economic, environmental and social spheres, in accordance with
the guiding principles developed by the United Nations (Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development).
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL
SECURITY

44. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
The Master's Degree Course in International relations and development cooperation trains
participants to become professionals with multidisciplinary skills and high-level operational and
analytical skills to work in international, government and non-government organizations,
European institutions, Public Administrations and agencies that operate within the national
territory and private businesses active in the international markets
Participatory Project Planning

45. 1ST UNESCO CHAIR MEETING - Conference theme and objectives

46. The UNESCO Chair on Water Resources Management and Culture, established in 2013 at the University for Foreigners in
Perugia, Italy, organizes the 1st UNESCO WATER CHAIR MEETING in Perugia, Italy, from 24th to 26th October 2016.
The objectives of the meeting are:
1.to discuss and identify contributions of the Chairs to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through
independent but also joint projects
2.to identify how the Chairs can increase their contribution to the implementation of the International Hydrological
Programme for the current biennium (2016-2017) and the entire IHP-VIII phase (2014-2021)
3.to define mechanisms to increase the cooperation between regional/similarly-themed Chairs, e.g. initiating the
establishment of an information sharing system among all Water Chairs.
A further aim of the meeting is also to discuss and express opinions on the concept of the “New Humanism for the XXI
Century” in Education, Culture and Science;
in other words, an interdisciplinary approach addressing many of the current issues, including the achievement of water
security and peace.
1ST UNESCO CHAIR MEETING - Conference theme and objectives

47. OPENING
IHP INTRODUCTION
KEYNOTE
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
ROUND TABLE
SYMPOSIUM
WORKING MEETING

48. Cross cutting theme 7
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM IS ORGANIZED IN 3
MAIN SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS RELATED WITH
IHP VIII THEMES:
•S1: WATER SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
•S2: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
•S3: WATER AND SOCIETY
IHP VIII theme 5
Cross cutting theme 8
IHP VIII theme 4
IHP VIII theme 1
1
2
3
4 5 6

49. •S1: WATER SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

50. •S2: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

51. •S3: WATERAND SOCIETY
Round Table : ‘The new Humanism for the XXI Century’

53. MAIN OUTCOMES: perugia action plan

54. MAIN OUTCOMES: UNESCO WATER CHAIR SCHOLARSHIPS
The UNESCO Chair on “Water Resources
Management and Culture” together with the
University for Foreigners of Perugia offer
students of unesco water chair network a
scholarship for a one month stay with the
following programme:
• COURSE ON THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND
CULTURE IN THE MORNING;
• POSITION AS RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN THE
AFTERNOON at UNESCO CHAIR OF PERUGIA.

55. MAIN OUTCOMES: UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM
https://waterchairrelated.herokuapp.com/
UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM

56. UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM WEARE

57. UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM WE DO
NETWORKING
INSERT AND SHARE PROJECTS

58. UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM WE SHARE
INTERACTIVE MAP OF UNESCO
WATER CHAIRS

59. GEOGRAPHIC TOUR AND INFO OF UNESCO WATER CHAIRS
UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM WE SHARE

60. UNESCO WATER CHAIR SHARING PLATFORM WE TALK
COMMUNICATE SCIENCE

61. Please visit WWW.UNESCOWATERCHAIR.ORG
COMMUNICATION PROJECTS BY STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY FOR FOREIGNERS Perugia

62. Resilient Communities: Perception, Communication and
Vulnerability for an ecological transition
The platforms = teams of scientists who focus on a subject
 to carry out projects that could not be done within a single research
connecting non-scientists with your
research and its role in everyday life.

63. To ensure an exchange between scientific experts, governmental institutions, and the general public, scientists must be able to communicate
effectively with diverse audiences
Main goals are
- improve and extend science communication
- explore approaches to science communication
-investigate how public audiences receive and use scientific information
-the project will also assess the impact of effective community engagement on the relationship between scientists and the general public.
The overarching purpose of the project was to discern learning from the science and to reflect upon how this learning can be translated
into policy recommendations and concrete actions.
Resilient Communities: Perception, Communication and
Vulnerability for an ecological transition

69. DIALOGUES OF THE italian UNESCO CHAIRS:
a laboratory of ideas for the world to come

70. DIALOGUES OF THE italian UNESCO CHAIRS: a
laboratory of ideas for the world to come
Themes
chosen by
CRUI
35 italian
UNESCO
CHAIRS
17 SDGS
AGENDA
2030
12 ROOMS
OF
CONNECTION

71. DIALOGUES OF THE UNESCO CHAIRS: a
laboratory of ideas for the world to come
Sharing knowledge

72. DIALOGUES OF THE UNESCO CHAIRS: a
laboratory of ideas for the world to come
Sharing knowledge

73. ORGANIZATION
COMMISSIONs
• Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
• Networking with Chairs
• Instituzional Relation
• Redazione Declration
• Expo 2020
PLENARY meetting
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
DIALOGUES OF THE UNESCO CHAIRS: a
laboratory of ideas for the world to come
Sharing knowledge

74. RESEARCH
DISSEMINATION
EDUCATION
The Italian UNESCO Chairs, which with the
DIALOGUES OF THE UNESCO CHAIRS: a laboratory of ideas for the world to come
project have started a process aimed at operating as a collective body, interacting and proposing themselves as a
"community of knowledge", have drawn up a Declaration for sustainability and socio-ecological transition.
DIALOGUES OF THE UNESCO CHAIRS: a
laboratory of ideas for the world to come
Sharing knowledge

75. Declaration
Create transdisciplinary research environment;
• Become a “community of knowledge”;
• Practice scientific knowledge of excellence, shared
with all social actors, embracing the principles and
tools of “post-normal science” and “citizen
science”;
• As a collective subject with a high scientific
profile, adopt complex thinking, able to contribute
to the definition of transition strategies towards a
just and sustainable ecological society (for the
“transition from below”, and the “just transition”);
• Practice strategies of interrelationship between
issues and problem areas by bringing the links on
a plane of superordinate logical order, in order to
deal effectively with complexity;
• Develop tools to verify processes through the
definition of appropriate quantitative and
qualitative indicators