Direct and Indirect Impacts of Land Use on the Management of Riverine and Riparian Ecosystems within Vegetated Water Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Vegetated rivers and environments represent naturally dynamic systems characterized by biophysical processes that are subject to exogenous disturbance, especially related to land use changes over time. The analysis of ecohydraulics and ecohydrological interactions among flow dynamics, ecological, and geomorphic processes in natural and manmade vegetated water systems has become an urgent matter for societies experiencing strained water resources.

This Special Issue focuses on the science and management of land use and its impact on the ecohydraulics and ecomorphodynamics of vegetated water bodies. Topics include hydrodynamics and the geomorphic impacts of vegetation; organism–habitat interactions; flow–biota interactions on nutrient, sediment, and pollutant transport; and the response of the ecosystem to disturbances. We encourage the submission of articles that address the information transfer across scales using field, numerical, or laboratory approaches. Considering the prioritization of infrastructure renewal, we invite researchers to examine natural infrastructures (floodplains, mangroves, reefs) as critical components of hazard protection, adaptability, and climate resilience.

• Ecohydraulics;
• Ecohydrology;
• Flow resistance;
• Land use;
• River restoration;
• Vegetated water bodies.

Dr. Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama
Dr. Vittorio Pasquino
Dr. Cosimo Peruzzi
Guest Editors

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• ecohydraulics
• ecohydrology
• flow resistance
• land use
• river restoration
• vegetated water bodies