Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 3. River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources

River basins are the focus of the conference topic “River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources.” A wide range of topics are covered, including hydrological processes at watershed scale, sediment supply and delivery to the fluvial system, debris flows, sediment and wood transport, fluvial dynamics, dam operation and hydropower generation, impacts of dams on flows and sediment transport, flood hazard, evaluation of water resources and their management, groundwater modeling and quality. Many of them are traditional subjects of Engineering Geology (e.g., groundwater and water resources), with the addition of several emerging topics at the interface with other disciplines (hydrology, hydraulics, geomorphol- ogy), which are gaining an increasing interest in the field of applications of geology to engineering and environmental problems. These topics have a great impact on the “society and territory,” as they play an important role in contributing to a sustainable management of natural resources, as well as in predicting and mitigating risks associated to river systems. This is specifically the case of the analysis of fluvial processes, which is becoming a subject of central interest for the role that rivers have in the society and territory, and therefore for the increasing need to conciliate economic, societal, ecological objectives interests and needs. Scientific sessions included in the conference topic “River basins, reservoir sedimentation and water resources” comprise case studies for advancing field monitoring techniques, improving modeling and assessment of rivers, and studies contributing to better management plans and policies for the river environment and water resources. These sessions can be grouped in the four main topics that are summarized in the following sections.