Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Wetland Hydrology
A special issue of Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 237
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Civil Engineering Science, School of Civil Engineering, and the Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, Aukland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
3. Directorate of Engineering the Future, School of Science, Engineering and Environment, The University of Salford, Newton Building, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK
4. Department of Town Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems, South Ural State University (National Research University), 76, Lenin prospekt, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
5. Nexus by Sweden, Skepparbacken 5, 722 11 Västerås, Sweden
Interests: water resources engineering; agricultural water management; pollution control; wastewater treatment; decision support systems; treatment wetlands; integrated constructed wetlands; hydrology; storm water management; sustainable flood retention basins; sustainable drainage systems; permeable pavement systems; ponds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is predominantly concerned with recent advances linked to the assessment of impacts of both climate change and human activities on wetland systems, including hydrology and pollution. As climate change becomes a major challenge for many regions, wetlands are some of the first natural systems that suffer from a lack of water during dry periods. This problem becomes even worse as industry also needs water at the same time and competes with wetlands for this resource. Moreover, a common secondary challenge is pollution. As wetlands dry out, they degrade, and greenhouses gases are released into the air and organic matter enters the nearest watercourse.
The aim of this Special Issue is therefore to find practical solutions, such as an improved water table management, to prevent wetlands from further degradation and support both society and industry with water in a sustainable manner. The sustainable management of the hydrological cycle is key to addressing the identified challenges. Therefore, it is important that contributions such as original articles and reviews address the scope of the journal of Hydrology as well.
In order to support the aim of this Issue, the following key themes are proposed: (a) the identification and assessment of climate change on wetlands, including constructed wetlands and peatlands; (b) the control of and reduction in human activities, such as irrigation in the agricultural industry negatively impacting wetland hydrology; (c) water table management of wetland systems; (d) engineering solutions to prevent wetland degradation; and (e) the sustainable management of the hydrological cycle to optimize water usage.
Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate change
- constructed wetland
- greenhouse gas
- human activities
- hydrology
- peatland
- sustainable water resources management
- water pollution
- water table management
- wetland system
