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Jeffrey G. Arnold, Katrin Bieger, Michael J. White, Raghavan Srinivasan, John A. Dunbar and Peter M. Allen
Decision tables have been used for many years in data processing and business applications to simulate complex rule sets. Several computer languages have been developed based on rule systems and they are easily programmed in several current languages. La...
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Mengmeng Jiang, Zening Wu, Xi Guo, Huiliang Wang and Yihong Zhou
Under the influence of global climate change and urbanization processes, the number of available water resources (AWRs) in basins has become significantly more uncertain, which has restricted the sustainable development of basins. Therefore, it is import...
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Geofrey Gabiri, Bernd Diekkrüger, Kristian Näschen, Constanze Leemhuis, Roderick van der Linden, Jackson-Gilbert Mwanjalolo Majaliwa and Joy Apiyo Obando
The impact of climate and land use/land cover (LULC) change continues to threaten water resources availability for the agriculturally used inland valley wetlands and their catchments in East Africa. This study assessed climate and LULC change impacts on ...
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Catalin Anton, Carmen Gasparotti, Iulia Anton and Eugen Rusu
Applying a management model to coastal areas is always a challenge because of the multiple scenarios from which they can be addressed. The coastal zone represents a dynamic area, which can be analyzed using physical processes. However, it can also be ana...
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Hualin Xie, Chih-Chun Kung, Yanting Zhang and Xiubin Li
Ecological land is like the ?liver? of a city and is very useful to public health. Ecological land change is a spatially dynamic non-linear process under the interaction between natural and anthropogenic factors at different scales. In this study, by set...
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Milad Bagheri, Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim, Shattri Mansor, Latifah Abd Manaf, Mohd Fadzil Akhir, Wan Izatul Asma Wan Talaat and Amin Beiranvand Pour
Since at least half of the world?s population resides and works within coastal land, the coastal zone processes and resource management is of great economic and social importance. One of the fundamental issues for coastal city planners, researchers, mana...
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Tyler J. Carleton and Steven R. Fassnacht
Transbasin diversions and dams allow for water uses when and where there is high demand and low supply, but can come with an expense to the environment. This paper presents a linkage of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and datasets to assess the hydrolo...
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Anastassi Stefanova, Cornelia Hesse and Valentina Krysanova
Climate projections agree on a dryer and warmer future for the Mediterranean. Consequently, the region is likely to face serious problems regarding water availability and quality in the future. We investigated potential climate change impacts, alone (for...
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Minghao Liu, Qingxi Luo, Jianxiang Wang, Lingbo Sun, Tingting Xu and Enming Wang
Land use/cover change (LUCC) refers to the phenomenon of changes in the Earth?s surface over time. Accurate prediction of LUCC is crucial for guiding policy formulation and resource management, contributing to the sustainable use of land, and maintaining...
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Usman Mohseni, Prasit G. Agnihotri, Chaitanya B. Pande and Bojan Durin
Understanding the likely impacts of climate change (CC) and Land Use Land Cover (LULC) on water resources (WR) is critical for a water basin?s mitigation. The present study intends to quantify the impact of (CC) and (LULC) on the streamflow (SF) of the P...
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Paul Sestras, Sevastel Mircea, Sorin M. Cîmpeanu, Razvan Teodorescu, Sanda Ro?ca, ?tefan Bila?co, Teodor Rusu, Tudor Salagean, Lucian Octavian Dragomir, Rastko Markovic and Velibor Spalevic
As the fertile topsoil is constantly washed away and agricultural production is decreased, soil erosion is a serious environmental issue that affects the entire planet. All river basins experience changes in land use that affect sediment dynamics, soil e...
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Siyu Yang and Feng Zhang
The aims of this study were to analyze in depth the impact of agricultural machinery socialization services on the scale of land operation and to examine whether agricultural machinery socialization services can effectively alleviate the constraints face...
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Eskinder Gidey, Oagile Dikinya, Reuben Sebego, Eagilwe Segosebe, Amanuel Zenebe, Said Mussa, Paidamwoyo Mhangara and Emiru Birhane
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is the result of both natural and socio-economic determinants. The aim of this study was to model the determinant factors of land cover changes in Raya Valley, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia. Multistage sampling was used...
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Muhammad Aslam, Ali Salem, Vijay P. Singh and Muhammad Arshad
Evaluation of the spatial and temporal distribution of water balance components is required for efficient and sustainable management of groundwater resources, especially in semi-arid and data-poor areas. The Khadir canal sub-division, Chaj Doab, Pakistan...
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Nikiforos Samarinas, Nikolaos Tziolas and George Zalidis
The agricultural sector and natural resources are heavily interdependent, comprising a coherent but complex system. The soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) is widely used in assessing these interdependencies for regional watershed management. However, ...
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Kwanchai Pakoksung, Anawat Suppasri, Kazuyo Matsubae and Fumihiko Imamura
Understanding the impacts of tsunamis, especially in terms of damage and losses, is important for disaster mitigation and management. The aim of this study is to present our estimations of the potential losses from tsunami damage on Okinawa Island. We co...
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Lucian Simionesei, Tiago B. Ramos, Ana R. Oliveira, Marjan Jongen, Hanaa Darouich, Kirsten Weber, Vânia Proença, Tiago Domingos and Ramiro Neves
The southern Iberian Peninsula is characterized by evergreen oak woodlands (locally known as montado), which constitute an important savanna-type agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem. This ecosystem is facing a progressive decline for several reasons, with the ...
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Al-Amin Danladi Bello, Noor Baharim Hashim and Mohd Ridza Mohd Haniffah
Predicting the impact of climate change and human activities on river systems is imperative for effective management of aquatic ecosystems. Unique information can be derived that is critical to the survival of aquatic species under dynamic environmental ...
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Kyoung-Jin An, Sang-Woo Lee, Soon-Jin Hwang, Se-Rin Park and Sun-Ah Hwang
This study examined the non-stationary relationship between the ecological condition of streams and the proportions of forest and developed land in watersheds using geographically-weighted regression (GWR). Most previous studies have adopted the ordinary...
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