João P. Leitão

ETH Zurich — Switzerland

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

30h-index2.8kcitations160works1.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Flood Risk Assessment and Management(85), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies(46), Urban Stormwater Management Solutions(46), Water Systems and Optimization(19), Urban Heat Island Mitigation(18)

Publications160 total

Data for: Identifying similar rainfall events across different periods to investigate temporal changes in hydrological performance of blue-green infrastructure
EAWAG Research Data Management·2026Open Access
Next‐Generation Stormwater Infrastructures: A Typology of Paradigms for Design and Operation
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water·2026Open Access
Identifying similar rainfall events across different periods to investigate temporal changes in hydrological performance of blue-green infrastructure
Journal of Hydrology·2025Open Access
Blue-Green Infrastructure for pluvial flood risk reduction in rapidly urbanizing peri-urban areas: Strategic planning for uncertain futures
Journal of Environmental Management·2025Open Access
A Geospatial Assessment Toolbox for Spatial Allocation of Large-Scale Nature-Based Solutions for Hydrometeorological Risk Reduction
Hydrology·2025Open Access
Urban water projects must consider landscape architecture
Nature Water·2025
Microwave ablation therapy of an intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma
Journal of Ultrasound·2025
The value of urban drainage systems data: facts, discussions and recommendations
Journal of Hydraulic Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Integrating net rainfall calculation in deep learning-based surrogate modeling frameworks for 2D flood prediction
Journal of Hydrology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Optimising pavement watering with a fast urban climate model
2025Open Access
Impact of soil moisture content on urban tree evaporative cooling and human thermal comfort
npj Urban Sustainability·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Microwave ablation therapy of an intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma
Endocrine Abstracts·2025
Context-aware data driven sensor data analysis: With application to H2S concentration prediction in urban drainage networks
Water Research X·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Designing pluvial flood-safe urban landscapes using differentiable surrogate flood models
Blue-Green Systems·2025Open Access
Modelling pavement watering effects on urban heat mitigation with a fast urban climate model
Sustainable Cities and Society·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Using a fast urban climate model to simulate the effects of pavement watering on urban heat mitigation 
2025Open Access
Take refuge! Using mobile phone data to evaluate Blue-Green Infrastructure's attractiveness as Heat Retreat Locations
2025Open Access
How long does vegetation take to reach peak cooling in São Paulo (Brazil)?
2025Open Access
Wet soil sinks heat: spatial planning of irrigated trees to address heat vulnerabilities
2025Open Access
Dataset on the impacts of sand and leaf litter on the hydrological performance of green roofs as surrogate for infiltration-based blue-green infrastructure (BGI)
Data in Brief·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Matthew Moy de Vitry(10), Nuno Simões(8), Jörg Rieckermann(7), Peter M. Bach(6), Andreas Scheidegger(5), Jan Dirk Wegner(5), Maria do Céu Almeida(5), Alfeu Sá Marques(5), Č. Maksimović(5), Dušan Prodanović(4), Konrad Schindler(4), Priyanka Chaudhary(3), Stefano D’Aronco(3), Frank Blumensaat(3), Luís Moreira de Sousa(3), Nadav Peleg(3), Zifeng Guo(2), Vahid Moosavi(2), Surajate Boonya‐aroonnet(2), Lisa Scholten(2)