Francesco La Vigna

About

I'm resercher at the Italian Geological Survey, my research interests are related to groundwater issues and dynamics, groundwater resources, urban groundwater and groundwater modeling.
I'm co-editor in chief of Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater.

Employment

• Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Ricercatore
  2019 - Present
• Comune di Roma Geologo
  2013 - 2019
• Roma Tre University Post Doc
  2009 - 2013

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (77)

• Assessing Geological and Climatic Pressures on Human Settlements Through the Urban Geo-Climate Footprint (UGF): Application to 21 Regional Capital Italian Cities
  Urban Science 2026 DOI: 10.3390/urbansci10070400
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• Groundwater of Italy: hydrogeological mapping at 1:500,000 scale
  Journal of Maps 2026 DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2026.2666964
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• City Geo Factsheet of Vilnius (Lithuania)
  Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale 2026 DOI: 10.82575/ispra_rm:ugf_vilnius
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• City Geo Factsheet of Roma (Italy)
  Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale 2026 DOI: 10.82575/ispra_rm:ugf_roma
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• City Geo Factsheet of Cork (Ireland)
  Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale 2026 DOI: 10.82575/ispra_rm:ugf_cork
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• Urban Geo-climate Footprint (UGF) for Classifying Italian Cities by Geological and Climatic Features
  2026 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-18030
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• <span class="word">Assessing <span class="word">Geological <span class="word">and <span class="word">Climatic <span class="word">Pressures <span class="word">on <span class="word">Human <span class="word">Settlements <span class="word"><span class="chang…
  2026 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202604.1757.v1
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• City Geo Factsheet of Budapest (Hungary)
  Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale 2026 DOI: 10.82575/ispra_rm:ugf_budapest
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• Decoding the urban geo-puzzle: navigating geological issues and global challenges through the lens of the Urban Geo-climate Footprint 
  2025 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20428
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• Hydrogeological vigilance in the Eternal City: Insights from the development and strengthening of Rome's groundwater monitoring network
  2025 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20789
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