Towards Scenarios for Urban Adaptation Planning
International Conference in Rome - Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering (University La Sapienza of Rome) - Sala grande del Chiostro - Via Eudossiana 18, Rome Monday, April 22, 2013, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The international conference "Towards Adaptation Scenarios for Urban Planning" is made up of two sessions of work dedicated to the monitoring of the urban environment, with the presentation of case studies in Sub-Saharan countries and a specific focus on the intrusion of seawater into coastal aquifers and on the phenomena of urban sprawl. The conference Will end with a panel discussion on the use of scenarios for climate change adaptation planning.
Videos of speeches
Welcome Speeches
- Fabrizio VESTRONI (Dean of the Faculty)
- Roberto RIDOLFI (Ambassador of the European Union to Uganda)
- Gabriel KASSENGA (Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Ardhi University, Tanzania)
- Enrico FONTANARI ( IUAV)
Session 1. Monitoring Urban Environmental Changes: Seawater intrusion
- Ibrahimu Chikira MJEMAH (Sokoine University), SALTWATER INTRUSION AND NITRATE POLLUTION IN THE COASTAL AQUIFER OF DAR ES SALAAM
- Fredrick A. LIGATE (Ardhi University), MONITORING SEAWATER INTRUSION IN THE COASTAL AQUIFER OF DAR ES SALAAM
- Maria Dolores FIDELIBUS (Bari Polytechnic), MONITORING SEAWATER INTRUSION IN THE COASTAL AQUIFER OF APULIA REGION
- Giuseppe SAPPA (Sapienza University), ASSESSING SEAWATER INTRUSION IN THE SOUTH PONTINA PLAIN
Session 2. Monitoring Urban Environmental Changes: Urban Sprawl
- Elifuraha G. MTALO (Bagamoyo University), MONITORING URBAN GROWTH IN DAR ES SALAAM
- Michele MUNAFO' (ISPRA and Sapienza University), ASSESSING URBAN SPRAWL IN DAR ES SALAAM
- Maurizio TIEPOLO (Turin Polytechnic), SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT ATLAS FOR THE SAHELIAN CITY
- Sarah BRACCIO (Turin Polytechnic), URBAN ENVIRONMENT PLANNING: PROVIDING SAHELIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH GIS
Round Table. Towards Urban Environmental Scenario under Climate and Land Cover Changes