Researcher in Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne and Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Alessandro Ossola is a honorary research fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Early in 2016, he has been awarded an US National Academy of Sciences Research Associate NRC Fellowship within the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of US-EPA in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Matthew Burns is a postgraduate research fellow working in hydrology and environmental engineering in the Waterway Ecosystem Research Group at the University of Melbourne.
The urbanisation process itself is one of the major causes of urban flooding. Here we explore ways of mitigating the impact and show how design and specification choices can make a significant difference.