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In the global context of increasing consumption of water, energy, resources and global changes (climate, urbanism, population...), the development of sustainable cities is a critical concern.
With numerous interactions with society and institutional and scientific partners, Leesu wants to contribute to the development of urban systems with low environmental footprints.
Research themes 2025-2029
Scientific organisation for 2025 to 2029 in 3 thematic fields
Towards more resilient urban water management Models
This first research theme focuses on developing more resilient urban water management models in response to global changes, particularly climate change, by exploring new approaches to managing water, nutrient flows, and pollutants.
Sources and Fate of Contaminants and Nutrients in Urban and Peri-Urban Environments
This research theme primarily focuses on the measurement and modeling of chemical and microbiological contaminants, as well as nutrients and their fluxes in urban areas.
Functioning and Territorial Management of Receiving Environments
This third research theme focuses on the impact of anthropogenic pressures on receiving environments and the governance of these impacts are central to the research conducted at Leesu under this theme. The studied receiving environments include rivers, water bodies, and urban and peri-urban soils.
Key topics and programs
Key topics and research programs at Leesu
Micropollutants
Researchers at Leesu have been studying micropollutants in urban waters for more than 20 years
Plastic debris
Research related to plastic debris in the urban environment has been growing at Leesu since 2014
Lakes and reservoirs in metropolitan territories
Leesu has been working for years on research projects about the observation and modeling of lake ecosystems, federating several research teams
Urban waters reclamation
Studies on urban waters reclamation : alternative water resources for urban and domestic uses, alternative techniques for the management of stormwater, public policies for territories, nutrients reclamation from urine and wastewater
Research archives
Archives de recherche du Leesu antérieures à 2019
Research themes 2013-2018
Les recherches du Leesu entre 2013 et 2018 se sont articulées autour de trois thèmes