Civil Engineering Journal,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
8(5), P. 910 - 925
Published: May 1, 2022
Groundwater
constitutes
99%
of
all
liquid
freshwater
globally
that
is
available
for
human
use.
levels
in
the
Nairobi
aquifer
system
(NAS)
have
been
declining
over
time
because
excessive
abstraction
fueled
by
increased
water
demand.
This
has
cost
pumping
and
drilling
boreholes,
which
unsustainable.
The
objective
this
study
to
determine
effect
recharge
on
groundwater
using
a
more
realistic
approach
estimating
SWAT
model
while
considering
climatic
data,
soil
type,
land
use/cover,
topography.
Recharge
obtained
from
was
applied
MODFLOW
system.
Results
showed
average
annual
73
mm,
about
9.7%
precipitation.
decreased
with
an
increase
decrease
vice
versa.
will
76
m
year
2063
if
rate
kept
constant
maintained,
14m
2030
trend
continues
constant.
should
be
regulated
according
enhanced
avoid
possible
depletion
groundwater.
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10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-05-05
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Land,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
11(8), P. 1271 - 1271
Published: Aug. 8, 2022
The
change
in
land
use
and
cover
upstream
watersheds
will
the
features
of
drainage
systems
such
that
they
impact
surface
overflow
affect
infiltration
capacity
a
surface,
which
is
one
factors
contributes
to
flooding.
key
objective
this
study
identify
vulnerable
areas
flooding
assess
causes
using
ground-based
measurement,
remote
sensing
data,
GIS-based
flood
risk
mapping
approaches
for
hazard
Teunom
watershed.
purposes
investigation
were
to:
(1)
examine
level
characteristics
changes
occurred
area
between
2009
2019;
(2)
determine
on
water
capacity;
(3)
produce
maps
sub-district.
Landsat
imagery
2009,
2013,
slope
maps;
field
measurement
soil
data
utilized
study.
results
show
significant
increase
residential
land,
open
rice
fields,
wetlands
(water
bodies)
different
rates
contribute
variation
zone
hazards.
watershed
has
high
very
~11.98%
total
area,
moderate
56.24%,
low
~31.79%.
generally
risk,
with
~68%
(moderate
risk).
There
was
substantial
reduction
forest
agricultural
shrubs
from
2019.
Therefore,
segmentation
flood-risk
zones
essential
preparation
region.
offers
basic
information
about
central
governments,
local
NGOs,
communities
intervene
preparedness,
responses,
mitigation
recovery
processes,
respectively.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: April 3, 2023
Understanding
the
effects
of
climate
change
and
anthropogenic
activities
on
hydrogeomorpholgical
parameters
in
wetlands
ecosystems
is
vital
for
designing
effective
environmental
protection
control
protocols
these
natural
capitals.
This
study
develops
methodological
approach
to
model
streamflow
sediment
inputs
under
combined
land
use
/
cover
(LULC)
changes
using
Soil
Water
Assessment
Tool
(SWAT).
The
precipitation
temperature
data
from
General
Circulation
Models
(GCMs)
different
Shared
Socio-economic
Pathway
(SSP)
scenarios
(i.e.,
SSP1-2.6,
SSP2-4.5,
SSP5-8.5)
are
downscaled
bias-corrected
with
Euclidean
distance
method
quantile
delta
mapping
(QDM)
case
Anzali
wetland
watershed
(AWW)
Iran.
Land
Change
Modeler
(LCM)
adopted
project
future
LULC
at
AWW.
results
indicate
that
air
across
AWW
will
decrease
increase,
respectively,
SSP5-8.5
scenarios.
Streamflow
loads
reduce
sole
influence
SSP2-4.5
An
increase
load
inflow
was
observed
changes,
this
mainly
due
projected
increased
deforestation
urbanization
findings
suggest
densely
vegetated
regions,
located
zones
steep
slope,
significantly
prevents
large
high
input
Under
by
2100,
total
reach
22.66,
20.83,
19.93
million
tons
scenarios,
respectively.
highlight
without
any
robust
interventions,
degrade
ecosystem
partly-fill
basin,
resulting
resigning
Montreux
record
list
Ramsar
Convention
Wetlands
International
Importance.
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
129(4)
Published: Feb. 12, 2024
Abstract
The
wetland
loss
rate
in
Iran
is
faster
than
the
global
average.
Comprehending
shrinkage
Iranian
wetlands
and
identifying
underlying
drivers
of
these
changes
essential
for
safeguarding
their
ecosystems'
health
services.
This
study
proposes
a
novel
gray‐box
modeling
framework
to
quantify
effects
climate
change
anthropogenic
activities
on
wetlands,
by
combining
process‐based
machine
learning
models.
developed
model
utilized
project
Anzali
coastal
simulating
complex
interaction
between
meteorological,
hydrological,
sea
water
level
characteristics,
surface
area.
Our
aggregates
Soil
Water
Assessment
Tool
model,
12
General
Circulation
Models
Coupled
Model
Intercomparison
Project
Phase
6,
Landsat
imagery,
Long
Short‐Term
Memory
till
2100.
A
comprehensive
range
Land
Use/Cover
scenarios
are
analyzed.
results
show
that
will
seasonally
desiccate
2058,
mainly
due
increasing
air
temperature,
reduction
precipitation
inflow,
excessive
sediment
loading
wetland,
decline
Caspian
Sea
level.
For
optimistic
scenarios,
where
no
considered,
gradually
diminish
become
seasonal
waterbody
outcomes
this
highlight
desiccation
has
profound
implications
regional‐scale
ecological
balance,
ecosystem
function,
public
health,
local
economy.
Robust
environmental
interventions
sustainable
development
strategies
urgently
needed
mitigate
detrimental
impacts
wetland.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(2), P. 471 - 471
Published: Jan. 6, 2021
In
this
study,
prediction
of
the
future
land
use
cover
(LULC)
changes
over
Mumbai
and
its
surrounding
region,
India,
was
conducted
to
have
reference
information
in
urban
development.
To
obtain
historical
dynamics
LULC,
a
supervised
classification
algorithm
applied
Landsat
images
1992,
2002,
2011.
Based
on
spatial
drivers
LULC
1992
multiple
perceptron
neural
network
(MLPNN)-based
Markov
chain
model
(MCM)
simulate
2011,
which
further
validated
using
kappa
statistics.
Thereafter,
by
2002
2011
MLPNN-MCM
predict
2050.
This
study
predicted
prompt
growth
suburban
regions
Mumbai,
shows,
2050,
Urban
class
will
occupy
46.87%
(1328.77
km2)
entire
area.
As
compared
Forest
areas
2050
increase
14.31%
2.05%,
respectively,
while
area
under
Agriculture/Sparsely
Vegetated
Barren
decline
16.87%.
The
water
coastal
feature
experience
minute
fluctuations
(<1%)
future.
for
can
be
used
as
thematic
map
various
climatic,
environmental,
planning
models
achieve
aims
sustainable
development
region.
Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
18, P. 100292 - 100292
Published: Feb. 4, 2020
The
nature
of
interactions
between
ecological,
physical
and
hydrological
characteristics
that
determine
the
effects
land
cover
change
on
surface
sub-surface
hydrology
is
not
well
understood
in
both
natural
disturbed
environments.
spatiotemporal
dynamics
water
fluxes
their
relationship
with
changes
2009
2017
headwater
Buzi
sub-catchment
Zimbabwe
evaluated.
To
achieve
this,
for
area
under
study
were
characterised
from
30
m
Landsat
data,
using
eXtreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost)
algorithm.
After
classification,
key
balance
components
namely;
interception,
transpiration
evapotranspiration
(ET)
contributions
each
class
estimated.
Image
classification
data
achieved
good
overall
accuracies
above
80%
two
periods.
Results
showed
percentage
plantation
types
decreased
slightly
(25.4%)
(22.5%).
Partitioning
annual
ET
according
to
classes
highest
amounts
basin
where
tea
had
catchment.
Higher
ET,
interception
observed
eastern
parts
At
catchment
level,
results
show
a
higher
than
2009,
which
was
partly
explained
by
decrease
type.
Water,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(9), P. 1250 - 1250
Published: April 29, 2021
Water
yield
is
a
key
ecosystem
function
index,
directly
impacting
the
sustainable
development
of
basin
economy
and
ecosystem.
Climate
land
use/land
cover
(LULC)
changes
are
main
driving
factors
affecting
water
yield.
In
context
global
climate
change,
assessing
impacts
LULC
on
in
alpine
regions
Qinghai–Tibet
Plateau
(QTP)
essential
for
formulating
rational
management
strategies
resources.
On
basis
Integrated
Valuation
Ecosystem
Services
Tradeoffs
(InVEST)
model,
we
simulated
analyzed
spatiotemporal
variations
from
2001
to
2019
upstream
Shule
River
Basin
(USRB)
northeastern
margin
QTP.
Three
scenarios
were
designed
InVEST
model
clearly
analyze
contributions
variation
The
first
scenario
integrated
change
into
according
actual
conditions.
second
was
simulation
without
third
change.
results
showed
that
(1)
had
good
performance
estimating
(coefficient
determination
(R2)
=
0.986;
root
mean
square
error
(RMSE)
3.012,
p
<
0.05);
(2)
significantly
increased
temporal
scale
2019,
especially
high
altitude
marginal
(accounting
32.01%),
while
northwest
decreased
accounted
only
8.39%
(p
(3)
spatial
distribution
middle
low-altitude
high-altitude
regions;
(4)
through
analysis
three
scenarios,
impact
90.56%,
9.44%.
This
study
reveals
warming
has
positive
yield,
which
will
provide
valuable
references
assessment
resources
Basin.