Prof. Dr. Roberto Ranzi

University of Brescia

Rector's Delegate for International Affairs and Development Cooperation

My Profile

About

Graduated cum laude in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy where he obtained a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering in 1994. He is author of over 70 scientific papers in refereed international journals and over 260 articles on journals, book chapters, specialized monographs and proceedings about hydrology, environmental and water engineering. His research projects were conducted mainly in the Alps and in Asian basins, in Vietnam and recently in the Indus basin. Thesis advisor of dozens of Master students and about ten PhD students. Chairs the IAHR Technical Committee of Climate Change Adaptation. Rector's Delegate for International Affairs and Development Cooperation at the University of Brescia, Italy.

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Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Water Resources Management
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Flood Risk Management

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Sustainable Development Goals Working Group	Member	2019-01-01	Now
Climate Change Working Group	Chair	2018-09-10	2018-09-11
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation	Chair	2018-09-07	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Climate Change Adaptation in Water Engineering	2020
Salinity Dynamics Under Sea Level Rise Scenarios in the Red – Thai Binh River Delta, Vietnam	2020
Multiscale Climatology of Daily Runoff and Monthly Temperature and Precipitation Since the Mid 19th Century in Two Alpine Rivers	2019
Effect of Availability of Levee Data in the Estimation of the Probability of Levee Failure in Case of Piping	2015
Influence of Climate and Anthropogenic Feedbacks on the Hydrological Cycle, Water Management and Engineering	2013
Levee Breaches Statistics, “Geotechnical Uncertainty”, Residual Risk in Flood Hazard Mapping	2013

My Videos

Title	Year
Roberto Ranzi - Key Concept of White Paper for Climate Change	2020

IAHR Awards

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