Water Resources of Italy

Giuseppe Rossi, graduated in Civil Engineering, is Emeritus Professor at Catania University (Italy) (Hydrology and Water Resources). He has been visiting scientist at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins (USA) and at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain). He has been vice-president of the International Water Resources Association (2010-2012) and vice-president of the Italian Hydrotechnique Association (2012-2015). The main fields of his scientific research include: Stochastic Hydrology, Water Resources System Management, Drought Analysis and Management. He directed several researches, supported by the Italian funds (Ministry of University and CNR) and coordinated many European and Euro-mediterranean projects on Droughts and Water Management with partners from South Europe, North Africa and Near East Countries. He has been a consultant to the Italian Civil Protection and to the Regional Government of Sicily. He has a long experience in graduate and post-graduate teaching. He has been Director of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Coping with Floods" (Erice, 1992) and invited lecturer at several international events, among which the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Urban Water Resources Infrastructures" (Isle of Man, 1989), the NATO ASI "Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management" (Budapest, 1994), the Joint Research Center Workshop "Drought Mitigation in Europe" (Ispra, VA,1999); EIFEA Workshop "Integrated Management of Water Resources" (Paris, 2000); the l'EU-FAO Workshop "Drought Mitigation for the Near East and the Mediterranean" (Aleppo, 2001); the International Symposium "Assessment of Drought Mitigation Measures" (Valencia, 2003); the "International Conference Hydrogaia 2011" (Montpellier, 2011); the "Indo-Italian Workshop on Advances in Water Resources Development" (Pune, India 2011); and the "International Symposium on Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources" (Xian, Cina, 2011). Prof. Rossi is the author/editor of 10 books and of more than 200 scientific papers in national and international journals. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Water Resources Management (Springer) and of L'Acqua. He is member of AII, IAHR, IWRA, EWRA, ICID, IAH and some scientific Academies.

1. Preface.- 2. Part I - Evolution of  water  management in Italy.- 3. Chapter 1. Italy's outline  M. Benedini.- 4. Chapter 2. Paradigm changes in water resources development  G. Rossi.- 5. Chapter 3. Water Legislation: main innovation principles on water resources uses, pollution control and flood risk mitigation, G. Rossi.- 6. Chapter 4. Institutional framework of water governance: planning, service management and soil defense) G. Rossi.- 7. Part II - Water resources and water demands.- 8. Chapter 5. Conventional water resources (Surface  and ground water resources)   G. Rossi, M. Benedini.- 9. Chapter 6. Unconventional water resources (desalinated waters  and treated wastewater reuse) G. Rossi, G. Cirelli.- 10. Chapter 7. Assessment of water requirements (domestic and urban uses; agricultural uses; industrial uses, navigation...) M. Benedini, R. Drusiani.-11. Part III - Problems.- 12. Chapter 8. Management of municipal water services M. Di Natale, G. Rossi.- 13. Chapter 9. Water pollution control  M. Benedini.- 14. Chapter 10. Water and electric power G. Ruggeri, M. Benedini.- 15. Chapter 11. Ecological in-stream flows (or water and environment) S. Alecci, G Rossi.- 16. Part IV - Challenges.- 17. Chapter 12. Mitigation of flood risk G. Rossi.- 18. Chapter 13. Coping with droughts G. Rossi.- 19. Chapter 14. Virtual water F. Laio, S. Tamea, M. Tuminetti.- 20. Chapter 15. Adaptations strategies to climate change in water resources D. Peres.- 21. Part V - Conclusions.- 22. Chapter 16. The future of water management in Italy M. Benedini, G. Rossi.