Elena Bresci
Associate Professor
Department of Agrarian, Food and Forestry Management
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Born on December 07, 1967, he graduated in Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Section in 1994. Ha Graduated from the Environmental Engineering Master in 1995 at the Polytechnic University of New York (USA) and the Ph.D. in Rural Engineering in 1999. He is currently serving as Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering at the University of Florence.
Research Interest
The research activity focused on irrigation, forest hydrology and hydraulic and forestry facilities, participating in Conventions and publishing more than 40 articles in particular on: ·Use of water coming from mists for the development of vegetation; ·Hydrologic balance on basin scale ·Efficient use of irrigation water resources ·Diagnostic analysis of irrigation systems ·Modeling the movement of water in lagoon tanks ·Modeling of the sewage movement.
Publications
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Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena (2017). Participatory Rural Appraisal for Diagnostic Analysis of Spate Irrigation Systems in Raya Valley, Ethiopia. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, vol. 118, pp. 129-139, ISSN: 1612-9830
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Bisa, ME; Desta, FY; Bresci, E. (2017). Yield and water productivity analysis of tomato crop under water stress conditions in Ethiopia. In: MR Goyal SS Nambuthri R. Koech. Technological Interventions in Management of Irrigated Agriculture, pp. 1-15 Apple Academic Press, ISBN: 9781771885928.
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Correggiari, Martino; Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena; Salbitano, Fabio (2017). Fog Collection and Participatory Approach for Water Management and Local Development: Practical Reflections from Case Studies in the Atacama Drylands. In: Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Steven Evett. Water and Land Security in Drylands, pp. 141-158 Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-54020-7
