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Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Urban Green Spaces: Testing a Model in the City of Padova (Italy) by Semenzato, Paolo, Bortolini, Lucia

“…The urban heat island (UHI) is a critical issue in most urbanised areas. Spatial variation of urban air temperature and humidity influences human thermal…”
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A Tool for the Evaluation of Irrigation Water Quality in the Arid and Semi-Arid Regions by Bortolini, Lucia, Maucieri, Carmelo, Borin, Maurizio

“…In the Mediterranean arid and semi-arid regions, large amounts of low quality waters could be used for crop irrigation, but the adoption of articulated…”
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Performance of Three Different Native Plant Mixtures for Extensive Green Roofs in a Humid Subtropical Climate Context by Zanin, Giampaolo, Bortolini, Lucia

“…Most of the services and benefits of green roofs are related to the substrate as well as the vegetation layer. Although plant selection should be made on the…”
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Hydrological Behaviour of Extensive Green Roofs with Native Plants in the Humid Subtropical Climate Context by Bortolini, Lucia, Bettella, Francesco, Zanin, Giampaolo

“…Different mitigation measures with vegetation have been proposed to sustainably manage rainwater, among which green roofs have demonstrated to be a valid…”
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Exergetic Analysis and Exergy Loss Reduction in the Milk Pasteurization for Italian Cheese Production by Friso, Dario, Bortolini, Lucia, Tono, Federica

“…The cheese industry has high energy consumption, and improvements to plant efficiency may lead to a reduction of its environmental impact. A survey on a sample…”
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Hydrologic performance assessment of nature-based solutions: a case study in North-eastern Italy by Baggio, Tommaso, Bettella, Francesco, Bortolini, Lucia, D'Agostino, Vincenzo

“…The consequences of climate change are exacerbated by land-use changes, which influence the rainfall-runoff relations and consequently the flood risk…”
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Coordination and Participation Boards under the European Water Framework Directive: Different Approaches Used in Some EU Countries by Pellegrini, Emilia, Bortolini, Lucia, Defrancesco, Edi

“…River basin planning under the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE, WFD) poses two major challenges to EU countries: coordination among…”
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Assessing Stormwater Nutrient and Heavy Metal Plant Uptake in an Experimental Bioretention Pond by Zanin, Giampaolo, Bortolini, Lucia, Borin, Maurizio

“…With the purpose to study a solution based on Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) to reduce and treat stormwater runoff in urban areas, a bioretention…”
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Environmental and Economic Sustainability Assessment for Two Different Sprinkler and A Drip Irrigation Systems: A Case Study on Maize Cropping by Borsato, Eros, Martello, Marco, Marinello, Francesco, Bortolini, Lucia

“…Water scarcity is worsened by climate change. Water savings can be reached by improving irrigation efficiency both on farm and on water supply. To do that, the…”
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Unfolding the Water Framework Directive Implementation at the River Basin District Scale: An Italian Case Study on Irrigation Measures by Pellegrini, Emilia, Bortolini, Lucia, Defrancesco, Edi

“…Despite that the European Water Framework Directive has attracted scholars’ attention worldwide, research is sparse on how its implementation is carried out…”
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Drainage flux simulation of green roofs under wet conditions by Bettella, Francesco, D'Agostino, Vincenzo, Bortolini, Lucia

“…The role of green roofs in reducing drainage fluxes is known, but despite extensive analysis in the literature, methods to predict the hydrologic performance…”
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Effect of Incident Rainfall Redistribution by Maize Canopy on Soil Moisture at the Crop Row Scale by Martello, Marco, Ferro, Nicola Dal, Bortolini, Lucia, Morari, Francesco

“…The optimization of irrigation use in agriculture is a key challenge to increase farm profitability and reduce its ecological footprint. To this context, an…”
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Evaluating a Controlled-Release Fertilizer for Plant Establishment in Floating Elements for Bioretention Ponds by Zanin, Giampaolo, Maucieri, Carmelo, Dal Ferro, Nicola, Bortolini, Lucia, Borin, Maurizio

“…In bioretention ponds proposed to manage urban runoff, floating elements with anchored macrophytes plants improve nutrient and pollutants removal and provide…”
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Influence of the trajectory angle and nozzle height from the ground on water distribution radial curve of a sprinkler by Friso, Dario, Bortolini, Lucia

“…In order to evaluate the effects of the variation of two factors of the working condition, the trajectory angle and the nozzle height from the ground, on the…”
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Drivers of farmers' adoption and continuation of climate-smart agricultural practices. A study from northeastern Italy by Pagliacci, Francesco, Defrancesco, Edi, Mozzato, Daniele, Bortolini, Lucia, Pezzuolo, Andrea, Pirotti, Francesco, Pisani, Elena, Gatto, Paola

“…The EU rural development policy has addressed challenges related to climate change in agriculture by introducing public voluntary schemes, which financially…”
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Design, optimization, and analysis of a new sprinkler with intermittent water-dispersing needle: Integration of RF-NSGA II algorithm and CFD simulation by Pan, Xuwei, Jiang, Yue, Li, Hong, Bortolini, Lucia

“…•A sprinkler with an intermittent water-dispersing needle device was designed.•A precise optimization method of irrigation sprinkler was obtained.•Key reasons…”
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Influence of Irrigation Frequency on Radicchio (Cichorium Intybus L.) Yield by Bortolini, Lucia, Tolomio, Massimo

“…Red chicory (radicchio) plants produce leafy heads that are of great commercial interest and they require a proper irrigation technique to achieve satisfactory…”
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A model for predicting effects of rotation variation on water distribution of rotary sprinkler by Hua, Lin, Li, Hong, Bortolini, Lucia, Jiang, Yue

“…This study proposes a three-dimensional spray calculation model for a rotary sprinkler to evaluate the characteristics of water droplets under different…”
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Accuracy of Calculation of Parameters for Characterization of Emitters in Trickle Irrigation by Bortolini, Lucia, Friso, Dario

“…AbstractIndoor laboratory tests were carried out to determine the accuracy with which the coefficient of manufacturing variation (CV), the discharge…”
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THE USE OF WATER IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: A PROCEDURE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LARGE-SCALE IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY WITH GIS by Tromboni, Flavia, Bortolini, Lucia, Martello, Marco

“…ABSTRACT Large‐scale water assessment models can be valid decision support systems for water management institutions. We developed a spatially distributed…”
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