Doctoral thesis defense of Ms. Abby Daniela Ortega Sandoval, supervised by PD Dr. Luna Bharati

Ms. Abby Daniela Ortega Sandoval defended her thesis on August 28, 2023 at the University of Bonn. Ms. Sandoval was supervised by PD Dr. Luna Bharati from ICWRGC since 2019 and completed her thesis at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University Bonn.

Abby Daniela Ortega Sandoval at the Defense of her doctoral thesis with supervisor PD Dr. Luna Bharati and members of the examination commission Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, Prof. Dr. Rodriguez Sánchez, Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister and Prof. Dr. Mathias Becker.

Abby Daniela Ortega Sandoval with her supervisor PD Dr. Luna Bharati.

The title of her thesis was “Qualitative and quantitative assessment of sustainable urban stormwater management in Bogotá, Colombia”.

Three research articles have been published from the PhD work:

1. 1. A. D. Ortega Sandoval, J. P. Rodríguez Sánchez & L. Bharati (2023): A transdisciplinary approach for assessing the potential feasibility of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: case study, Bogotá, Colombia. Urban Water Journal 20(8): 1081-1094. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2023.2233494
   2. Ortega, A. D., Rodríguez, J. P., & Bharati, L. (2023). Building flood-resilient cities by promoting SUDS adoption: A multi-sector analysis of barriers and benefits in Bogotá, Colombia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 88, 103621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103621
   3. Ortega, A. D., Sörensen, J., Rodríguez, J. P., & Bharati, L. (2023). Hydrologic-hydraulic assessment of SUDS control capacity using different modeling approaches: A case study in Bogotá, Colombia. Water Science and Technology 87 (12): 3124–3145. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2023.173