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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. G. Manoli
DTSTART:20210917T140000
DTEND:20210917T150000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Gabriele Manoli\n14:00 – 15:00 – Prof. Gabriele Mano
 li\nLecturer (Assistant Professor)\, University College London\, UK\n\nCul
 tivating green cities\n\nGreen urbanism\, eco-cities and innovative green 
 infrastructures are being promoted and adopted worldwide to improve urban 
 well-being. However\, all these efforts are often guided by aesthetic\, co
 nceptual\, and qualitative principles rather than a quantitative understan
 ding of the underlying biophysical processes\, scales\, and feedbacks. Her
 e I will review the subject of representing soil-plant-atmosphere interact
 ions in hydrological and ecosystem models and discuss current challenges a
 nd opportunities for the description of vegetation in urban settings. Resu
 lts on the magnitude and seasonality of urban heat islands and the ability
  of vegetation to improve urban microclimate will be presented. These find
 ings show that reconnecting cities (and people) to Nature is key to design
  greener and healthier urban environments\, but a multidisciplinary approa
 ch that bridges the gap between many subdisciplines (from physics\, to eco
 logy\, architecture\, and economy) is required. In particular\, given the 
 complexity of the urbanization process and the multiple space and time sca
 les involved\, there is a need for reduced-order descriptions of cities th
 at account for coupled socio-ecological dynamics and facilitate a comprehe
 nsive integration of science into policy and practice.\n\n\nShort bio:\nGa
 briele Manoli is a lecturer in Environmental Engineering at University Col
 lege London (UK) where he leads the Urban Ecohydrology Lab since 2019. He 
 is also a Branco Weiss Fellow and a member of UCL Urban Lab steering commi
 ttee. His research focuses on the complex mechanisms regulating water\, ca
 rbon\, and energy exchanges at the land surface considering both natural a
 nd urban ecosystems. Specific research areas include urban climate\, soil-
 plant processes\, land-atmosphere interactions\, coupled human-natural dyn
 amics\, and sustainable urban design (with particular attention to urban g
 reen spaces and health). Given the complexity of such problems\, his resea
 rch crosses the boundaries between multiple disciplines\, from hydrology a
 nd ecology to urban planning\, public health\, and complex system science.
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LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63705166239
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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