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GIS in sustainable urban planning and management: a global perspective
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ISBN: 1315146630 1138505552 9781315146638 1351379089 9781138505551 9781351379076 1351379070 9781351379090 1351379097 9781351379083 Year: 2019 Publisher: Boca Raton (Fla) CRC

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GIS is used today to better understand and solve urban problems. This book explores and illustrates the use of geo-information in the planning and management of urban regions. The first part of the book addresses the concept of sustainable urban development, its different frameworks, the many ways of measuring sustainability, and its value in the urban policy arena. The second part discusses how urban planning can shape our cities, examines various spatial configurations of cities, the spread of activities, and the demands placed on different functions to achieve strategic objective. It further focuses on the recognition that urban dwellers are increasingly under threat from natural hazards and climate change.


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Digital Spatial Infrastructures and Worldviews in Pre-Modern Societies
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ISBN: 9781802700794 Year: 2023 Publisher: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press,

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The study of medieval and early modern geographic space, literary cartography, and spatial thinking at a time of rapid digitization in the Humanities offers new ways to investigate spatial knowledge and world perceptions in pre-modern societies. Digitization of cultural heritage collections, open source databases, and interactive resources utilizing a rich variety of source materials—place names, early modern cadastral maps, medieval literature and art, Viking Age and medieval runic inscriptions—provides opportunities to re-think traditional lines of research on spatiality and worldviews, encourage innovation in methodology, and engage critically with digital outcomes. In this book, Nordic scholars of philology, onomastics, history, geography, literary studies, and digital humanities examine multiple aspects of ten large- and small-scale digital spatial infrastructures from the early stages of development to the practical applications of digital tools for studying spatial thinking and knowledge in pre-modern sources and societies.


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Microgrids : The Path to Sustainability
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability of forming scalable energy clusters permits the delivery of services that make the grid more sustainable and competitive. Through an optimal design and management process, microgrids could also provide efficient, low-cost, clean energy and help to improve the operation and stability of regional energy systems. This book covers these promising and dynamic areas of research and development and gathers contributions on different aspects of microgrids in an aim to impart higher degrees of sustainability and resilience to energy systems.


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Microgrids : The Path to Sustainability
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Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability of forming scalable energy clusters permits the delivery of services that make the grid more sustainable and competitive. Through an optimal design and management process, microgrids could also provide efficient, low-cost, clean energy and help to improve the operation and stability of regional energy systems. This book covers these promising and dynamic areas of research and development and gathers contributions on different aspects of microgrids in an aim to impart higher degrees of sustainability and resilience to energy systems.


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Microgrids : The Path to Sustainability
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Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability of forming scalable energy clusters permits the delivery of services that make the grid more sustainable and competitive. Through an optimal design and management process, microgrids could also provide efficient, low-cost, clean energy and help to improve the operation and stability of regional energy systems. This book covers these promising and dynamic areas of research and development and gathers contributions on different aspects of microgrids in an aim to impart higher degrees of sustainability and resilience to energy systems.

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Technology: general issues --- microgrid --- distribution network operator --- double externalities --- subsidy --- PV system --- PI controller --- fuzzy control --- MPPT --- tracking speed --- error --- Micro Grid --- VSG --- power sharing --- inertia support --- energy support --- small signal stability --- day-ahead operational scheduling --- reconfigurable microgrid --- DRNN Bi-LSTM --- aggregated load forecasting --- bulk photovoltaic power generation forecasting --- solar potential assessment --- resource mapping --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- site selection --- Iran --- earthquake --- power distribution network --- resilience improvement planning --- water distribution network --- load disaggregation --- non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) --- dimensionality reduction --- principal component analysis (PCA) --- smart home --- solar renewable --- thermal load --- stochastic operation --- energy storage --- sustainability --- desalination --- renewable energy --- water–energy-nexus --- photovoltaic grid-connected system --- power fluctuation --- DC bus voltage stabilization --- prescribed performance --- command-filtered adaptive backstepping control --- centralized control architecture --- DC microgrid --- distributed control architecture --- electricity price constraint --- hybrid control architecture --- power flow control strategy --- data pre-processing --- electricity theft --- imbalance data --- parameter tuning --- smart grid --- microgrid --- distribution network operator --- double externalities --- subsidy --- PV system --- PI controller --- fuzzy control --- MPPT --- tracking speed --- error --- Micro Grid --- VSG --- power sharing --- inertia support --- energy support --- small signal stability --- day-ahead operational scheduling --- reconfigurable microgrid --- DRNN Bi-LSTM --- aggregated load forecasting --- bulk photovoltaic power generation forecasting --- solar potential assessment --- resource mapping --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- site selection --- Iran --- earthquake --- power distribution network --- resilience improvement planning --- water distribution network --- load disaggregation --- non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) --- dimensionality reduction --- principal component analysis (PCA) --- smart home --- solar renewable --- thermal load --- stochastic operation --- energy storage --- sustainability --- desalination --- renewable energy --- water–energy-nexus --- photovoltaic grid-connected system --- power fluctuation --- DC bus voltage stabilization --- prescribed performance --- command-filtered adaptive backstepping control --- centralized control architecture --- DC microgrid --- distributed control architecture --- electricity price constraint --- hybrid control architecture --- power flow control strategy --- data pre-processing --- electricity theft --- imbalance data --- parameter tuning --- smart grid


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Selected Papers from 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2019)
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book draws together a small selection of full-length papers based on presentations given at the 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2019. The topics covered, which reflect the breadth of the program of the EUBCE conference itself, include biomass sources, various aspects of technologies used for the conversion of biomass to bioproducts and bioenergy, as well as different approaches to assessing environmental impacts, which include case studies based on different technologies in use in a range of countries.

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Technology: general issues --- bioeconomy --- bio-based industry --- biomass --- bioenergy --- industrial crop --- perennial crop --- low-input agriculture --- marginal land --- MALLIS --- sustainable agriculture --- HTC --- bio-coal --- manure --- slagging --- fouling --- corrosion --- process chemistry --- combustion --- waste to energy --- struvite --- HTL --- biorefinery --- renewable fuel --- HyFlexFuel --- rice harvest pellets --- palletization --- ash recovery --- normative --- anaerobic digestion --- methane production --- co-digestion --- combined heat and power --- farm-scale --- technical-economic analysis --- life cycle assessment --- greenhouse gas emission --- Ireland --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- glucose --- heteropolyacid catalysts --- agroforestry --- waste valorization --- sustainable development goals --- renewable energy --- bioenergy transitions --- circular bioeconomy --- clean cooking --- life-cycle assessment --- energy policy --- barley straw --- torrefaction --- higher heating value --- severity factor --- sustainable development --- enhancement factor --- energy yield --- climate modelling --- climate change --- climate policy --- emission accounting --- global warming potential --- global temperature change potential --- greenhouse gas emissions --- impulse response function --- Bern Carbon Cycle model --- climate impacts of agriculture system --- conventional wheat --- olive trees --- silvopastoral --- acidification --- eutrophication --- energy crops --- miscanthus --- cardoon --- Paulownia tomentosa --- microalgae --- contaminated soils --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- ArcGIS --- adsorption --- ceramic filter --- gasification --- hot-gas cleaning --- lignocellulosic biomass --- cellulose pulp --- hydrolysis --- oxygen availability --- C:N ratio --- fermentation --- itaconic acid --- Aspergillus terreus --- bioeconomy --- bio-based industry --- biomass --- bioenergy --- industrial crop --- perennial crop --- low-input agriculture --- marginal land --- MALLIS --- sustainable agriculture --- HTC --- bio-coal --- manure --- slagging --- fouling --- corrosion --- process chemistry --- combustion --- waste to energy --- struvite --- HTL --- biorefinery --- renewable fuel --- HyFlexFuel --- rice harvest pellets --- palletization --- ash recovery --- normative --- anaerobic digestion --- methane production --- co-digestion --- combined heat and power --- farm-scale --- technical-economic analysis --- life cycle assessment --- greenhouse gas emission --- Ireland --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- glucose --- heteropolyacid catalysts --- agroforestry --- waste valorization --- sustainable development goals --- renewable energy --- bioenergy transitions --- circular bioeconomy --- clean cooking --- life-cycle assessment --- energy policy --- barley straw --- torrefaction --- higher heating value --- severity factor --- sustainable development --- enhancement factor --- energy yield --- climate modelling --- climate change --- climate policy --- emission accounting --- global warming potential --- global temperature change potential --- greenhouse gas emissions --- impulse response function --- Bern Carbon Cycle model --- climate impacts of agriculture system --- conventional wheat --- olive trees --- silvopastoral --- acidification --- eutrophication --- energy crops --- miscanthus --- cardoon --- Paulownia tomentosa --- microalgae --- contaminated soils --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- ArcGIS --- adsorption --- ceramic filter --- gasification --- hot-gas cleaning --- lignocellulosic biomass --- cellulose pulp --- hydrolysis --- oxygen availability --- C:N ratio --- fermentation --- itaconic acid --- Aspergillus terreus


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New Perspectives in the Definition/Evaluation of Seismic Hazard through Analysis of the Environmental Effects Induced by Earthquakes
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The devastating effects caused by the recent catastrophic earthquakes that took place all over the world from Japan, New Zealand, to Chile, as well as those occurring in the Mediterranean basin, have once again shown that ground motion, although a serious source of direct damage, is not the only parameter to be considered, with most damage being the result of coseismic geological effects that are directly connected to the earthquake source or caused by ground shaking. The primary environmental effects induced by earthquakes as well as the secondary effects (sensu Environmental Seismic Intensity - ESI 2007 scale) must be considered for a more correct and complete evaluation of seismic hazards, at both regional and local scales. This Special Issue aims to collect all contributions that, using different methodologies, integrate new data produced with multi-disciplinary and innovative methods. These methodologies are essential for the identification and characterization of seismically active areas, and for the development of new hazard models, obtained using different survey techniques. The topic attracted a lot of interest, 19 peer-reviewed articles were collected; moreover, different areas of the world have been analyzed through these methodologies: Italy, USA, Spain, Australia, Ecuador, Guatemala, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, China, Japan, and Nepal.

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Research & information: general --- Arctic–Asian seismic belt --- regional segment --- active fault --- paleoseismogenic structure --- Late Cenozoic deformation --- earthquake mechanism --- seismotectonic deformation --- potential seismicity --- earthquake hazard --- DIC --- CPO --- model selection --- Pohang earthquake --- South Korea --- ground effects --- liquefaction --- geological control --- fault barrier --- seismic hazard --- earthquake hazards --- ESI scale 2007 --- EEE database --- microtremor H/V spectral ratio --- inversion --- shear-wave velocity structure --- site amplification --- Ulaanbaatar --- earthquake environmental effects --- Suusamyr earthquake --- Kyrgyzstan --- Tien Shan --- surface rupture --- landslide --- digital elevation model (DEM) --- Structure-from-Motion --- earthquake-induced landslide --- fully probabilistic technique --- Newmark’s method --- Sakhalin Island --- risk --- machine learning --- expert estimate --- maximum possible magnitudes of earthquakes --- one class classification --- seismic zoning --- earthquake forecasting --- paleoliquefaction --- paleoearthquake --- ESI-07 scale --- earthquake environmental effects (EEEs) --- earthquake archaeological effects (EAEs) --- intensity maps --- seismic scenarios --- earthquake catalogues --- Spain --- emergency shelter --- earthquake --- disaster --- weighted coefficient --- suitability analysis --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- catalog incompleteness --- coseismic landslides --- macroseismic intensity --- Pedernales earthquake --- Ecuador --- georisk --- probabilistic seismic hazard --- ESI scale --- ground-shaking map --- Guatemala --- Intraplate earthquake --- Australian earthquakes --- reverse earthquake --- ESI 2007 scale --- historical and recent earthquakes --- attenuation --- GMPE --- crustal model --- MMI --- intraplate region --- mass movements --- inventory map --- amalgamation --- earth observation (EO) --- spatial resolution --- in situ tests --- laboratory tests --- soil liquefaction --- cyclic triaxial tests --- Arctic–Asian seismic belt --- regional segment --- active fault --- paleoseismogenic structure --- Late Cenozoic deformation --- earthquake mechanism --- seismotectonic deformation --- potential seismicity --- earthquake hazard --- DIC --- CPO --- model selection --- Pohang earthquake --- South Korea --- ground effects --- liquefaction --- geological control --- fault barrier --- seismic hazard --- earthquake hazards --- ESI scale 2007 --- EEE database --- microtremor H/V spectral ratio --- inversion --- shear-wave velocity structure --- site amplification --- Ulaanbaatar --- earthquake environmental effects --- Suusamyr earthquake --- Kyrgyzstan --- Tien Shan --- surface rupture --- landslide --- digital elevation model (DEM) --- Structure-from-Motion --- earthquake-induced landslide --- fully probabilistic technique --- Newmark’s method --- Sakhalin Island --- risk --- machine learning --- expert estimate --- maximum possible magnitudes of earthquakes --- one class classification --- seismic zoning --- earthquake forecasting --- paleoliquefaction --- paleoearthquake --- ESI-07 scale --- earthquake environmental effects (EEEs) --- earthquake archaeological effects (EAEs) --- intensity maps --- seismic scenarios --- earthquake catalogues --- Spain --- emergency shelter --- earthquake --- disaster --- weighted coefficient --- suitability analysis --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- catalog incompleteness --- coseismic landslides --- macroseismic intensity --- Pedernales earthquake --- Ecuador --- georisk --- probabilistic seismic hazard --- ESI scale --- ground-shaking map --- Guatemala --- Intraplate earthquake --- Australian earthquakes --- reverse earthquake --- ESI 2007 scale --- historical and recent earthquakes --- attenuation --- GMPE --- crustal model --- MMI --- intraplate region --- mass movements --- inventory map --- amalgamation --- earth observation (EO) --- spatial resolution --- in situ tests --- laboratory tests --- soil liquefaction --- cyclic triaxial tests


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Multimedia Cartography
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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We present three main research fields in which multimedia cartography and the study of the effectiveness of multimedia maps are currently taking place. In each of these fields, we describe how published research is embedded in the broader context of map design and user studies. The research refers to contemporary technological trends such as web HTML5 standards, virtual reality, eye tracking, or 3D printing. Efficiency, performance, and usability studies of multimedia maps were also included. The research published in this issue is interdisciplinary. They combine traditional mapping methods with new technologies. They are searching for new places for cartography in, e.g., the environment of computer games. They combine the design of the map with its perception by users.

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Research & information: general --- Geography --- cartographic design --- animated map --- people gathering presentation --- orthophoto --- dot distribution map --- buffer map --- drone image --- expert opinion --- objective effectiveness --- multiperspective cartographic visualization --- usefulness of visualizations --- pedestrian tracks --- complementary visualizations --- time–spatial behavior --- space–time paths --- trajectories --- set of visualizations --- sightseeing spot recommendation system --- social networking service (SNS) --- web-geographic information systems (GIS) --- recommendation system --- visiting frequency --- sightseeing spot information --- multimedia cartography --- web map --- graphical user interface --- eye-tracking --- UI/UX --- freeway junction --- topographic maps from the 19th century --- interactive web map --- Leaflet --- GeoJSON --- dashboard --- spatiotemporal analysis --- usability --- evaluation of cartographic multimedia --- gamer opinion --- immersion way --- graphical enrichment --- medieval stronghold --- virtual reality --- design process --- historico-geographical space --- cultural heritage --- engineering education --- image stitching --- information technology --- multimedia --- panorama --- thematic map --- mapping techniques transformation --- land use --- UAV --- geometric representation --- pedestrian --- chorochromatic maps --- dot map --- heat map --- mini-map --- virtual stronghold --- walking --- teleportation --- medium effectiveness --- Unity --- topographical space --- gamer --- gameplay --- eye tracking --- 3D printing --- topography --- terrain --- elevation --- geoscience education --- web --- Python --- Earth Engine --- open source --- effectiveness --- responsive GUI --- GUI effectiveness index --- road map --- route memorizing --- cartography --- choropleth map animation --- local outliers --- generalization --- animation --- spatial visualization --- multimedia cartographic product --- medium efficiency --- medium attractiveness --- cartographic design --- animated map --- people gathering presentation --- orthophoto --- dot distribution map --- buffer map --- drone image --- expert opinion --- objective effectiveness --- multiperspective cartographic visualization --- usefulness of visualizations --- pedestrian tracks --- complementary visualizations --- time–spatial behavior --- space–time paths --- trajectories --- set of visualizations --- sightseeing spot recommendation system --- social networking service (SNS) --- web-geographic information systems (GIS) --- recommendation system --- visiting frequency --- sightseeing spot information --- multimedia cartography --- web map --- graphical user interface --- eye-tracking --- UI/UX --- freeway junction --- topographic maps from the 19th century --- interactive web map --- Leaflet --- GeoJSON --- dashboard --- spatiotemporal analysis --- usability --- evaluation of cartographic multimedia --- gamer opinion --- immersion way --- graphical enrichment --- medieval stronghold --- virtual reality --- design process --- historico-geographical space --- cultural heritage --- engineering education --- image stitching --- information technology --- multimedia --- panorama --- thematic map --- mapping techniques transformation --- land use --- UAV --- geometric representation --- pedestrian --- chorochromatic maps --- dot map --- heat map --- mini-map --- virtual stronghold --- walking --- teleportation --- medium effectiveness --- Unity --- topographical space --- gamer --- gameplay --- eye tracking --- 3D printing --- topography --- terrain --- elevation --- geoscience education --- web --- Python --- Earth Engine --- open source --- effectiveness --- responsive GUI --- GUI effectiveness index --- road map --- route memorizing --- cartography --- choropleth map animation --- local outliers --- generalization --- animation --- spatial visualization --- multimedia cartographic product --- medium efficiency --- medium attractiveness


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Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book is a hard copy of the editorial and all the papers in a Special Issue of the peer-reviewed open access journal ‘Water’ on the theme ‘Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience’. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the purposeful recharge of water to aquifers for subsequent recovery or environmental benefit. MAR is increasingly used to make water supplies resilient to drought, climate change and deteriorating water quality, and to protect ecosystems from declining groundwater levels. Global MAR has grown exponentially to 10 cu.km/year and will increase ten-fold within a few decades. Well informed hydrogeologists, engineers and water quality scientists are needed to ensure that this investment is effective in meeting increasingly pressing needs. This compilation contains lessons from many examples of existing projects, including several national and continental summaries. It also addresses the elements essential for identifying and advancing projects such as mapping aquifer suitability and opportunities, policy matters, operational issues, and some innovations in MAR methods and monitoring. This collection exemplifies the state of progress in the science and practice of MAR and is intended to be useful, at least to water managers, water utilities, agricultural water users and urban planners, to facilitate water resilience through new MAR projects.

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Research & information: general --- ASR --- recycled water --- well clogging --- geochemical analysis --- filtration --- biofouling --- risk management --- Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) --- aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) --- strategic storage --- Northern Australia --- Managed Aquifer Recharge --- MAR --- climate change --- water management --- IWRM --- adaptation measures --- indicators --- Spain --- groundwater --- mapping --- Sweden --- decision-support --- riverbank filtration --- pharmaceuticals in groundwater --- removal of pharmaceuticals --- managed aquifer recharge --- web GIS --- web tools --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- suitability mapping --- anthropic forcing --- meteorological forcing --- lake bank filtration --- mixing ratios --- environmental tracer --- time-varying mixing model --- sensitivity analysis --- Ulaanbaatar --- MATLAB --- FEFLOW --- artificial recharging scenarios --- Mexico --- legal --- regulatory --- framework --- LAN (Law of the Nation’s Waters) --- reclaimed water --- arid --- semi-arid --- environment protection --- health protection --- safety --- risk --- ecosystems --- contaminants --- recycling --- drinking water --- regulation --- governance --- SAT --- tillage --- infiltration pond --- infiltration rate --- soil compaction --- types of MAR for irrigation --- Yellow River Irrigation District --- adaptability zoning evaluation --- online flow-cytometry --- enzymatic activity --- ultrafiltration --- ATP --- managed aquifer recharge (MAR) --- induced bank filtration (IBF) --- geographic information science (GISc) --- geographic information systems (GIS) --- drinking water supply --- guidelines --- climate adaptation --- stream temperature --- streamflow --- Henry’s Fork --- fisheries --- Snake River --- Idaho --- water rights --- infiltration basin --- cost function --- suitability map --- GIS-MCDA --- water supply security model --- risk assessment --- decision support --- dynamic --- probabilistic --- integrated water resource management --- organic amendments --- contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) --- pathogens --- new water challenges --- Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation --- droughts --- floods --- groundwater depletion --- groundwater recharge --- water quality --- water level monitoring --- recharge performance --- rainwater harvesting --- India --- water security --- urban water management --- semiarid --- Social Technology --- developing countries --- Africa --- water banking --- water crisis

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