Urban and Metropolitan Rivers

Dr. Joaquim Farguell Pérez: Ph.D. in Geography, in Fluvial Geomorphology (University of Barcelona, 2005). Full-time Lecturer in Hydrology, Geomorphology and Water Resources Management in the University of Barcelona, and member of the Mediterranean Environmental Research Group (GRAM). His main interests are based on fluvial geomorphology effects on urban river systems, especially those related with erosion and sediment transport, and how process-based river restorations evolve within urban areas. He has been the PI of research projects for monitoring the evolution of urban river channels and its hydro-geomorphological dynamics. He is currently the academic coordinator of the master's degree in Water Science and Integral Water Management (University of Barcelona), involving 8 faculties and up to 60 academics, and member of the Water Research Institute of Barcelona (IdRA).

Dr. Albert Santasusagna Riu: Ph.D. in Geography, Spatial Planning and Environmental Management (University of Barcelona, 2017), M.Sc. in Spatial Planning (University of Barcelona, 2013) and B.A. in Environmental Sciences (University of Barcelona, 2011). Full-time Lecturer in Regional Geography (Department of Geography, University of Barcelona), member of the GRAM research group (2021SGR00859), scientific coordinator of urban transformation node at the Global Sustainability Hub (HubSG) and member of the UB-Agbar Chair on Territorial Studies and Resilience. Awarded for the best doctoral thesis in Geography (2017) and Extraordinary end-of-course prize in B.A. (2011). He is the Academic Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management (University of Barcelona), and he served as the Academic Secretary of the Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), which brings together more than thirty research groups related to water studies.

Urban and Metropolitan Rivers: Current Processes, Trends and Challenges
The Role of Floods in Urban Environments

Tourism-related Urbanisation and Flooding: Some Examples in Mallorca
Unveiling Fluvial Processes in Urban Rivers: The Case of the Congost River at Granollers, Catalonia, Spain

Post-Project Appraisal in Hydromorphological River Restoration: Application to the Manzanares River at El Pardo (Madrid, Spain)

From De-Urbanisation to the Renaturation of Riverbanks in France: the Emergence of an Ecology of Reconciliation in Urban Design?

One Garden to Rule Them All? Exploring Recent Changes in Spain's Urban Riverscapes
City and River in the Garonne Valley: the Geohistory of a Renewed Space (Toulouse, Agen, Bordeaux)

Management of the Turia River in Valencia (Spain): the Recent History of an Unfinished Metamorphosis

The Challenges of Urban Requalification of Rivers and Wetlands. The Case of Peri-Francilian Towns

Eliminate, Ignore or Integrate Urban Rivers? Challenges and Opportunities for the River Huatanay (Cusco, Peru)

The Role of Bluespaces for Well-Being and Mental Health. Rivers as Catalysts for the Quality of Urban Life

Three Rivers and Different Approaches of Urban Riverscapes in Zaragoza City: Hydromorphology, Memory, Perception and Planning

Change in Perceptions and Social Value of the River Corridors in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona: The Case of the Besòs Basin

An Educational Approach to River Restoration in the City
Reconstructing a City's Evolving Physical Environment Through its Hydronymy: Barcelona as a Case Study