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Sustainable Urban Water Management, Hydrology Restoration, and Water Quality Improvement

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 May 2024 | Viewed by 3442

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Daeryong Park

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
Interests: urban hydrology; urban green infrastructure; urban water availability; urban stormwater management; water quality modeling
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Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we ask you to share your novel research results in the field of modeling and simulation, including hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, and ecology in a broad sense, in giving life to the Special Issue “Sustainable Urban Water Management, Hydrology Restoration, and Water Quality Improvement” of the journal Sustainability by MDPI. Urban water availability, urban flood mitigation, hydrology restoration, and water quality improvement are major environmental considerations affecting the status of the water environment and the human society within them. In addition, climate uncertainty adds complexity to work in sustainable management planning aiming to deal with the above urban water issues. Various water and environmental models are valuable tools in finding ways to solve urban environmental problems and mitigate the impact of land use, future climate, and socio-economic changes on urban water and the environment. Particularly, in the past decade, monitoring data have become increasingly available to improve models in representing actual performance/prediction processes and land and water management practices, towards an overall improvement of future planning and management of water-related environments. This Special Issue of Sustainability is envisioned to showcase the state of the art in the adaptation and use of observed data for hydrologic, hydraulic, water quality, and ecological models at different scales and climatic regions in urban areas and their application. We hope that new data/methods/models will help us to highlight recent progress in tackling real urban water environment problems and outline possible issues that need more focused research.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Daeryong Park
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable urban water management
  • urban water availability
  • urban flood mitigation
  • urban water cycle
  • urban water quality
  • urban climate
  • urban green infrastructures

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Evaluating the Environmental Factors of Organic Farming Areas Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process
by Eunseo Shin, Yeeun Shin, Sang-Woo Lee and Kyungjin An
Sustainability 2024, 16(6), 2395; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062395 - 13 Mar 2024
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Sustainable agriculture, including organic farming, offers a potential remedy for addressing environmental pollution. Accordingly, the importance of evaluating the environmental benefits of organic agriculture has become evident. Numerous studies have compared organic and conventional farming or focused on specific crops in environmental studies; [...] Read more.
Sustainable agriculture, including organic farming, offers a potential remedy for addressing environmental pollution. Accordingly, the importance of evaluating the environmental benefits of organic agriculture has become evident. Numerous studies have compared organic and conventional farming or focused on specific crops in environmental studies; however, there is a lack of research on indicators that evaluate the positive impact of organic agriculture on the overall agricultural environment. Therefore, this study aimed to develop comprehensive agri-environmental evaluation indicators by utilizing an analytic hierarchy process (AHP). These methods were employed to determine the importance of factors that evaluate the environmental performance of organic agriculture. This study utilized literature reviews, derived and organized indicators, and prioritized evaluation factors using expert surveys and AHP methods. Based on the analysis of experts, physical and ecological agricultural environments were the most crucial evaluation factors, including biological properties. In addition to the physical ecological agricultural environments, the AHP results demonstrated the need for evaluation indicators that evaluate the overall agricultural environment, including the residential ecological environment and village living and cultural environment. Further empirical studies are required for the derivation of additional valid indicators and policy implementation. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Urban Water Management, Hydrology Restoration, and Water Quality Improvement)
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Changing Urban Temperature and Rainfall Patterns in Jakarta: A Comprehensive Historical Analysis
by Dikman Maheng, Biswa Bhattacharya, Chris Zevenbergen and Assela Pathirana
Sustainability 2024, 16(1), 350; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010350 - 30 Dec 2023
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The increasing global population and in-country migration have a significant impact on global land use land cover (LULC) change, which reduces green spaces and increases built-up areas altering the near-surface radiation and energy budgets, as well as the hydrological cycle over an urban [...] Read more.
The increasing global population and in-country migration have a significant impact on global land use land cover (LULC) change, which reduces green spaces and increases built-up areas altering the near-surface radiation and energy budgets, as well as the hydrological cycle over an urban area. The LULC change can lead to a combination of hazards such as increasing urban temperatures and intensified rainfall, ultimately resulting in increased flooding. This present study aims to discuss the changing pattern in urban temperature, daily rainfall, and flooding in Jakarta. The daily urban temperature and daily rainfall were based on a 30-year dataset from three meteorological stations of Jakarta in the period between 1987 and 2013. The changing trend was analyzed by using the Mann–Kendall and the Pettitt’s tests. The relation between daily rainfall and flooding was analyzed using a 30-year flooding dataset collected from several sources including the international disaster database, research, and newspaper. The results show that there was an increasing trend in the daily temperature and the daily rainfall in Jakarta. The annual maximum daily temperature showed that an increasing trend started in 2001 at the KMY station, and in 1996 at the SHIA station. In general, the highest annual maximum daily temperature was about 37 °C, while the lowest was about 33 °C. Moreover, the maximum daily rainfall started increasing from 2001. An increase in the maximum daily rainfall was observed mainly in January and February, which coincided with the flood events recorded in these months in Jakarta. This indicates that Jakarta is not only vulnerable to high urban temperature but also to flooding. While these two hazards occur in distinct timeframes, there is potential for their convergence in the same geographical area. This study provides new and essential insights to enhance urban resilience and climate adaptation, advocating a holistic approach required to tackle these combined hazards. Full article
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Regional Rainfall Frequencies in South Korea for Different Periods
by Moonyoung Lee, Heejin An, Jiwan Lee, Myoung-Jin Um, Younghun Jung, Kewtae Kim, Kichul Jung, Seongjoon Kim and Daeryong Park
Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16646; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416646 - 07 Dec 2023
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Understanding regional as well as temporal variations in probability rainfall is essential for addressing climate change-related hydrological issues. Few studies have conducted spatial analyses on probability rainfall using up-to-date rainfall data, which is crucial to comprehend regional rainfall variations for effective flood management [...] Read more.
Understanding regional as well as temporal variations in probability rainfall is essential for addressing climate change-related hydrological issues. Few studies have conducted spatial analyses on probability rainfall using up-to-date rainfall data, which is crucial to comprehend regional rainfall variations for effective flood management and hydraulic structure design. In this study, we analyzed the spatiotemporal variations of probability rainfall factors in South Korea using 61 rainfall stations and four rainfall periods (years) (recent-10, 2011–2020; recent-20, 2001–2020; recent-30, 1991–2020; recent-40, 1981–2020). We mapped probability rainfall information, including probability rainfall intensities (20, 30, and 40 mm/h), return periods (10, 20, 50, and 100 years), rainfall durations (1, 2, 6, and 24 h), and rainfall depth. Results revealed wide variations in the northern and southwest inland regions based on rainfall periods. Decadal annual rainfall analysis revealed that the north and southwest inland regions indicated lower recent decadal rainfall than that in previous decades, while decadal annual rainfall in the southeast inland region remained constant. The generated spatial and temporal distribution maps offer valuable insights for comprehending the variation in probability rainfall factors across different time periods in South Korea, with practical implications for the planning and design of hydraulic structures. Full article
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Identifying Trends in the Vegetation Distribution of Climate-Sensitive Species in the Korean Peninsula, Based on Climate Attributes
by Yeeun Shin, Eunseo Shin, Sang-Woo Lee and Kyungjin An
Sustainability 2023, 15(23), 16356; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316356 - 28 Nov 2023
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This study analyzed the trends and changes in climate-sensitive plants based on environmental attributes, using on-site survey data collected between 2006 and 2018. In combination with environmental attributes, 16 plant species were chosen as climate-sensitive biological indicator species and were spatially distributed based [...] Read more.
This study analyzed the trends and changes in climate-sensitive plants based on environmental attributes, using on-site survey data collected between 2006 and 2018. In combination with environmental attributes, 16 plant species were chosen as climate-sensitive biological indicator species and were spatially distributed based on national ecological survey data. With the use of regression methods and locally weighted scatterplot smoothing, possible changes in the vegetation distribution trends were simulated. The findings indicated that annual rainfall and temperature are critical environmental attributes, as they mostly affect the plant ecosystem. The simulated results suggest that plant habitats for the selected 16 individual species tend to be found in higher temperature zones, with a few exceptions. However, there was no clear pattern of the effects of annual rainfall on climate-sensitive plant species. The effects of climate change on these species are a risk to the environment; however, depending on the situation, adequate adaptation and management plans could provide opportunities for policy makers to make evidence-based decisions. Full article
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