Scientific Programme

 

Monday, 27 June

Sediment transport and channel morphology

• Sediment transport in steep streams (D. Rickenmann)

• Sediment dynamics and channel morphology in gravel-bed rivers (A. Recking)

• Morphodynamics of sand-bed rivers and estuarine systems (H. de Vriend)

 

Tuesday, 28 June

The impact of vegetation and wood on channel morphology

• Effect of vegetation on river morphodynamics (W. Bertoldi, P. Perona)

• Transport and deposition of wood and consequences on channel morphology (F. Comiti)

 

Wednesday, 29 June

Anthropic influence on fluvial geomorphology

• Fluvial systems in the Anthropocene (S. Lane)

• Humans impacting rivers: river engineering and restoration (V. Weitbrecht, W. Gostner)

 

Thursday, 30 June

Modelling fluvial geomorphology

• Fluvial geomorphology in the lab (M. Franca)

• Analytical methods in fluvial geomorphology (M. Colombini)

• Numerical modelling of river morphodynamics (A. Siviglia)

 

Friday, 1 July

Field excursion

• The Maggia river basin (P. Molnar)