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This book on the sustainable use of soils and water addressed a variety of issues related to the utopian desire for environmental sustainability and the deviations from this scene observed in the real world. Competing interests for land are frequently a factor in land degradation, especially where the adopted land uses do not conform with the land capability (the natural use of soil). The concerns of researchers about these matters are presented in the articles comprising this Special Issue book. Various approaches were used to assess the (im)balance between economic profit and environmental conservation in various regions, in addition to potential routes to bring landscapes back to a sustainable status being disclosed.

environmental and economic changes --- overexploitation --- stream flow downscaling --- Recharge --- Institutions --- evaluation --- geo hazards --- marginal land resources --- water resources --- contributions --- land use change --- comprehensive land carrying capacity --- land eco-security --- scale effects --- river basin --- Ghana --- urbanization --- groundwater recharge --- MicroLEIS DSS --- multiple stresses --- forest --- land use conflicts --- soil --- analytic hierarchy process --- heavy metal pollution assessment --- recharge --- environmental degradation --- spatial variation --- debris flow waste-shoal land --- Lankao county --- encounters of interests --- territorial development --- driving forces analysis --- land use policy --- climate conditions --- time series analysis --- arable soil --- urban area --- multi-criterion comprehensive evaluation --- Land Use --- agricultural and livestock products --- evapotranspiration --- hydrological processes --- Trnava district --- macromodel DNS/SWAT --- central Asia --- CA-Markov --- integrative landscape management --- Land use change --- land use and transformation --- weight --- Contemporary Yellow River Delta --- conjunctive water resources management --- set pair theory --- sustainability --- karst aquifer --- withdrawal of agricultural land --- sustainable development --- SWAT --- water resource management --- water footprint --- land-use planning --- Ecosystem service value --- Penman–Monteith equation --- cloud model --- groundwater flow field --- standard deviation --- temporal stability --- landscape as geosystem --- Gross Domestic Product --- geology --- territorial factors --- agriculture --- multi-dimension --- Groundwater --- conflicts --- Green GDP --- temporal-spatial variations --- relief --- recharge zones --- groundwater depth --- Nitrate Vulnerable Zones --- hydrologic modeling --- Managed Aquifer --- soil reclamation --- nitrogen --- discrete wavelet transform --- legislative factors --- developmental factors --- ungauged catchment --- rural households’ behaviors --- arid region --- land use/cover change --- spatialization --- sustainable agriculture

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This book addresses several issues on water security and governance, helping readers to understand how the desire for water-secure basins can be accomplished through an interplay of water security, water resources management and water policies. The book contains a collection of 12 papers addressing specific as well as interlinked topics within the Special Issue scope. The editors are grateful to all contributors who made the book a reality.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- hydroelectric power --- physicochemical parameters --- Iberian Bio-monitoring Working Party index --- riparian forest quality --- riverbank erosion --- restoration --- bank stabilisation --- vegetation revetment --- Bangladesh --- climate resilience --- flood protection --- machine learning --- socio-environmental impacts --- environmental monitoring --- water quality --- surface water --- groundwater --- drinking water --- water quality management --- TMDL --- E. coli --- water reuse --- water availability --- governance --- oasis irrigation district --- stability evaluation --- suitable scale --- irrigation management --- rice --- percolation --- scale effects --- hydrologic cycle --- water security --- precipitation --- drought --- flood --- transport planning --- research gap --- water strategy --- Azraq Basin --- water management --- water governance --- integrated river basin management --- good governance --- flow --- water discharge --- land use --- land change --- SWAT model --- n/a

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The immediate goal of this Special Issue was the characterization of land uses and occupations (LULC) in watersheds and the assessment of impacts caused by anthropogenic activities. The goal was immediate because the ultimate purpose was to help bring disturbed watersheds to a better condition or a utopian sustainable status. The steps followed to attain this objective included publishing studies on the understanding of factors and variables that control hydrology and water quality changes in response to human activities. Following this first step, the Special Issue selected work that described adaption measures capable of improving the watershed condition (water availability and quality), namely LULC conversions (e.g., monocultures into agro-forestry systems). Concerning the LULC measures, however, efficacy was questioned unless supported by public programs that force consumers to participate in concomitant costs, because conversions may be viewed as an environmental service.

flood vulnerability --- land use conflicts --- water management --- soil conservation --- spatial multi-criteria analysis --- geographic information system --- water pollution --- riparian forest --- environmental Law --- anthropogenic catchment --- watershed management --- land use policy --- changes in hydrological components --- effects of human activities --- LUCC --- WRUBAP --- Yiluo River --- SWAT --- water balance components --- Land Use and Land Cover changes --- wildfires --- afforestation --- n/a --- riparian buffer width --- landscape composition --- regression model --- interaction term --- Brazilian Forest Code --- farmland abandonment --- LULC changes --- climate change --- runoff/suspended sediment changes --- river morphology dynamics --- Italian Apennines --- water quality --- landscape metrics --- PLS-SEM --- scale --- season --- distance from pollution sources --- script files --- mean diurnal profile --- wavelet coherence --- groundwater recharge --- water resources management --- Conservative Use Potential --- river basin --- water balance --- lakes --- reservoirs --- Nenjiang watershed --- Landsat --- diurnal thermal profile --- urban tributaries --- wavelet --- covariance --- flow --- water discharge ecosystem services --- payments for environmental services --- land use

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The immediate goal of this Special Issue was the characterization of land uses and occupations (LULC) in watersheds and the assessment of impacts caused by anthropogenic activities. The goal was immediate because the ultimate purpose was to help bring disturbed watersheds to a better condition or a utopian sustainable status. The steps followed to attain this objective included publishing studies on the understanding of factors and variables that control hydrology and water quality changes in response to human activities. Following this first step, the Special Issue selected work that described adaption measures capable of improving the watershed condition (water availability and quality), namely LULC conversions (e.g., monocultures into agro-forestry systems). Concerning the LULC measures, however, efficacy was questioned unless supported by public programs that force consumers to participate in concomitant costs, because conversions may be viewed as an environmental service.

Research & information: general --- flood vulnerability --- land use conflicts --- water management --- soil conservation --- spatial multi-criteria analysis --- geographic information system --- water pollution --- riparian forest --- environmental Law --- anthropogenic catchment --- watershed management --- land use policy --- changes in hydrological components --- effects of human activities --- LUCC --- WRUBAP --- Yiluo River --- SWAT --- water balance components --- Land Use and Land Cover changes --- wildfires --- afforestation --- riparian buffer width --- landscape composition --- regression model --- interaction term --- Brazilian Forest Code --- farmland abandonment --- LULC changes --- climate change --- runoff/suspended sediment changes --- river morphology dynamics --- Italian Apennines --- water quality --- landscape metrics --- PLS-SEM --- scale --- season --- distance from pollution sources --- script files --- mean diurnal profile --- wavelet coherence --- groundwater recharge --- water resources management --- Conservative Use Potential --- river basin --- water balance --- lakes --- reservoirs --- Nenjiang watershed --- Landsat --- diurnal thermal profile --- urban tributaries --- wavelet --- covariance --- flow --- water discharge ecosystem services --- payments for environmental services --- land use