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Climate and anthropogenic changes impact the conditions of erosion and sediment transport in rivers. Rainfall variability and, in many places, the increase of rainfall intensity have a direct impact on rainfall erosivity. Increasing changes in demography have led to the acceleration of land cover changes in natural areas, as well as in cultivated areas, and, sometimes, in degraded areas and desertified landscapes. These anthropogenized landscapes are more sensitive to erosion. On the other hand, the increase in the number of dams in watersheds traps a great portion of sediment fluxes, which do not reach the sea in the same amount, nor at the same quality, with consequences on coastal geomorphodynamics. This book is dedicated to studies on sediment fluxes from continental areas to coastal areas, as well as observation, modeling, and impact analysis at different scales from watershed slopes to the outputs of large river basins. This book is concentrated on a number of keywords: “erosion” and “sediment transport”, “model” and “practice”, and “change”. The keywords are briefly discussed with respect to the relevant literature. The contributions in this book address observations and models based on laboratory and field data, allowing researchers to make use of such resources in practice under changing conditions.

proglacial channels --- watershed --- practice --- modeling --- reservoirs --- degradation --- rill development --- Mediterranean Maghreb Basin --- urban drainage system --- fluvial erosion --- Wadi Mina --- Algeria --- sewer systems --- climate change --- phosphorus --- complex morphodynamics --- incipient deposition --- riverbed --- limiting tractive force --- ruptures --- runoff --- flooding --- soil loss --- suspended sediment --- sedimentation --- sediment --- transfer --- erosion --- specific degradation --- soil erosion --- Xihe River Basin --- water fluxes --- sediment fluxes --- environmental change --- field measurements --- dynamical downscaling --- mixed-size bed material --- two-phase flow --- agriculture --- sloping flume experiments --- mitigation measures --- bed load transport --- shear stress --- flow discharge --- GSD --- shear Reynolds number --- Anthropocene --- human activities --- deposition --- sediment delivery --- soil slurry --- SMBA Dam --- bedload transport --- aggradation --- Czech Republic --- sediment transport --- self-cleansing --- erosion topography --- CCHE1D --- sediment retention --- SWAT model --- migration --- water quality modelling --- hillside reservoirs --- erosion modelling

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The Special Issue on Advances in Modeling and Management of Urban Water Networks (UWNs) explores four important topics of research in the context of UWNs: asset management, modeling of demand and hydraulics, energy recovery, and pipe burst identification and leakage reduction. In the first topic, the multi-objective optimization of interventions on the network is presented to find trade-off solutions between costs and efficiency. In the second topic, methodologies are presented to simulate and predict demand and to simulate network behavior in emergency scenarios. In the third topic, a methodology is presented for the multi-objective optimization of pump-as-turbine (PAT) installation sites in transmission mains. In the fourth topic, methodologies for pipe burst identification and leakage reduction are presented. As for the urban drainage systems (UDSs), the two explored topics are asset management, with a system upgrade to reduce flooding, and modeling of flow and water quality, with analyses on the transition from surface to pressurized flow, impact of water use reduction on the operation of UDSs, and sediment transport in pressurized pipes. The Special Issue also includes one paper dealing with the hydraulic modeling of an urban river with a complex cross-section.

drainage network --- climate change --- rehabilitation --- optimization --- SWMM --- drainage networks --- flooding --- multi-objective optimization --- water network partition --- genetic algorithm --- hydraulic --- water quality --- actions --- asset management --- ANN --- prediction --- performance --- water utility --- water system --- NSGA-II --- GIS modeling --- leakage management --- urban water network management --- valve closing algorithm --- web 2.0 --- total suspended solids --- in-situ --- erosion --- sedimentation --- pressure pipe --- sewage --- water distribution systems --- pipe bursts --- hydraulic transients --- real-time control --- machine learning --- sediment transport model --- numerical simulation --- advection-dispersion equation --- water distribution networks --- transmission mains --- pump as turbine --- energy recovery --- hydropower --- multi-objective --- water consumption --- chaos theory --- local approximation --- Kelowna --- gene expression programming --- trapezoidal stretch --- transition stretch --- culvert --- open channel --- hydraulic factors --- sewer design --- stochastic sewer modelling --- wastewater quality --- household discharge --- reduced water consumption --- flow regime transition --- finite volume methods --- numerical oscillations --- numerical viscosity --- Preissmann slot model --- hydraulic simulation --- water demand --- emergency scenario --- intermittent water supply --- water management --- WaterGEMS software --- pressure control --- leakage reduction strategies --- water distribution system modeling --- urban drainage system modeling --- emergency scenarios --- leakage --- demand --- energy --- sediment transport

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This book is a collection of all papers published in the Special Issue “Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies: From Monitoring to Applied Research”. The main focus is to provide the state-of-the-art and recent research updates on sustainable management strategies for protecting vulnerable coastal areas. Based on 28 contributions from authors representing 17 different countries (Australia, China, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA), an ensemble of interdisciplinary articles has been collected, emphasizing the importance of tackling technical and scientific problems at different scales and from different point of views.

brackish lagoon types --- benthic macrophytes --- salinity --- succession --- univariate variables --- Greece --- spectral analysis --- low frequency --- wave grouping --- eigen analysis --- eigenmode --- random waves --- combination waves --- wave extreme events --- Mediterranean Sea --- North Atlantic Spanish coasts --- Gulf of Mexico --- wave modeling --- small scale storm variations --- tsunami-like solitary waves --- horizontal cylinders --- hydrodynamic loads --- experimental tests --- Morison and transverse equations --- hydrodynamic coefficients --- climate change --- multiobjective optimization --- coastal region --- pumping plant --- flooding --- historical cartography --- shore protection structures history --- groins --- gently sloping revetment --- earthquake --- tsunami --- strategic retreat --- salinity intrusion --- MIKE modelling --- sea level rise --- Mekong Delta --- drag coefficients --- oscillatory flows --- force sensors --- synchronization --- automatic alignment --- coastal plan --- erosion, coastal flooding --- sediment budget --- mitigation strategies guidelines --- littoral cell --- wave hindcasting --- Abu Dhabi --- shallow waters --- Shore Protection Manual --- wave climate --- coastal defense --- risk maps --- non-engineering measure --- coastal vulnerability --- eco-defense --- coastal morphodynamics --- mangroves --- flood attenuation --- natural defense --- beach nourishment --- beach drainage system --- groundwater --- submerged breakwater --- cross-shore sediment transport --- coastal vulnerability index --- storm surges --- waves action --- Mediterranean coasts --- extreme events --- threshold values --- probability --- hydrometeorological conditions --- Baltic coast --- climate changes --- sea-level rise --- TELEMAC --- natural beach --- flooded area --- seaside impacts --- Mar Menor --- long-term GIS analysis --- marine infrastructures impact --- coastal urbanization impact --- coastal erosion --- shore protection --- coastal armouring --- 3S tourism --- beach economy --- aeolian processes --- onshore and offshore winds --- Southern Baltic coast --- beach resilience --- beach resistance --- temporary groin --- sea breezes --- resilience index --- GSb model --- Yucatan peninsula --- BERM-N --- sand nourishments --- Bayesian belief network --- JarKus data --- coastal state indicators --- dune foot --- momentary coastline --- Holland coast --- vegetation stiffness --- bending elastic modulus --- velocity distribution --- turbulence intensity --- wave dissipation --- marine inundation --- FORM --- reliability analysis --- Veneto coast --- natural hazards --- disasters --- coastal Andhra Pradesh --- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles --- energy flux --- storm classification --- stormy year --- Andalusia coast --- beach morphodynamics --- UAV flights --- beach surveys --- Reef Balls™ --- sand-filled geosystems --- wave numerical model --- directional wave spectra drifter (DWSD) --- ADCP --- GPS wave buoy --- triple collocation --- Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay --- arsenic --- hydrocarbons --- heavy metals contamination --- marine pollution --- multivariate analysis --- Bagnoli --- Naples --- coastal monitoring --- coastal morphodynamic --- coastal management --- coastal ecosystem