“Acque Sotterranee – Italian Journal of Groundwater” is calling for papers for the forthcoming Special Issue “Groundwater in the Cities of Europe”.
The aim of this special issue is to present a sample of the groundwater knowledge about the urbanised sectors across the European continent. Your contributions are welcome on the following topics or a combination of these:
- General hydrogeological setting description of cities in form of reviews, both for one specific city, and for a series of cities from the same country
- Urban groundwater-related projects regarding monitoring, knowledge, awareness increase of citizens
- Urban groundwater-related issues as groundwater flooding, groundwater pollution, groundwater remediation, groundwater-withdrawal-related subsidence
- Urban groundwater supply
- Urban groundwater modeling
- Urban groundwater sustainable uses, as SuDS/MAR projects, shallow geothermal uses
- Urban groundwater dependent ecosystems
- Urban groundwater and city resilience
- Disaster risk reduction and nature-based solutions related to urban groundwater issues
Acque Sotterranee – Italian Journal of Groundwater has the patronage of the National Association of Hydrogeology and Water Wells (ANIPA), of the Italian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-Italy) and of the Geological Survey of Italy (ISPRA).
- Editor-in-Chief Responsible for the SI: Francesco La Vigna (ISPRA – UGEG chair)
- Guest editors: Klaus Hinsby (GEUS), Ozren Larva (HGI-CGS), Sophie O’Connor (GSI), Peter van der Keur (GEUS)
- Communication of submission intention, provisional title, possible authors: using this google form https://forms.gle/vqVPHAyLcBoc7RdH7
- Deadline for first submission: End of March 2024
- Publication of the SI: End of September 2024
