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Poster session: Poster session with drinks and snacks Location: HSB3 | |
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Poster
Flooding in urban areas: improving risk mitigation through rain-on-grid modelling 1: 1University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Messina, Italy; 2: University School for Advanced Studies IUSS, Pavia, Italy In the last years, cities are increasingly facing challenges associated with urban sustainability and urban water issues. Specifically, the risk associated to extreme rain events in urban areas has dramatically increased. Rapid, unplanned urban expansion disrupts in fact the natural water cycle, causing impermeabilization, increased runoff, and strain on drainage systems. Extreme rainfall events further enhance these issues. Traditional drainage methods are often ineffective in areas with complex topography and protected water bodies, necessitating alternative solutions through hydrological/hydraulic modelling. For this reason, an accurate pluvial flooding modelling in highly urbanized areas becomes fundamental. This study focuses on the Ganzirri village in the north-east part of Sicily (Italy), a flood-prone area with limitations for standard drainage systems. Two software tools are used to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, offering recommendations for rain-on-grid modelling in challenging environments. | |