Special Issue "Anthropogenic Progress and Natural Variation Monitoring towards Environmental Sustainability"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Kim-Anh Nguyen
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Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Jhoneli District, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
Interests: vulnerability assessment; environmental monitoring; land use/land cover change; urban greenspace; urban heat island
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Dr. Yann H. Kerr
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Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO), 18 Avenue E.Belin, 31401 Toulouse cedex 09, France
Interests: remote sensing and hydrology; microwave and thermal infrared radiometry; soil moisture and VOD; SMOS and SMAP
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Prof. Dr. Takashi Oguchi
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Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Interests: geography; earth science; geomorphology
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Prof. Dr. James Terry
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Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Interests: tropical geomorphology; climatology and hydrology; natural hazards; Asia-Pacific region
Dr. Philip Minderhoud
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University of Padova, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (ICEA), Via Marzolo, 9–35131, Padova, Italy.
Interests: anthropogenic and nature landscape dynamics; river deltas; land subsidence; geomorphology; nature-based solutions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

People around the world are facing the challenges of global changes (e.g. climate change, land use transformation, pollution, and natural hazards), which have devastating impacts on the environment and human lives. These impacts may be significantly reduced, if not prevented, when we are aware of the processes that cause these changes and learn to adapt and mitigate them.

This Special Issue focuses on novel research on environmental sustainability, with an emphasis on the consequences of natural variation and human-made disturbances, as well as their interactions. It will cover research topics ranging from monitoring of the dynamics and changes in nature and society to the evaluation and comparison of climate change impacts, ranging from regional to global scales. It is expected to provide valuable information and useful tools for stakeholders and policymakers, so as to overcome the management challenges to the benefit of humanity and to increase social and economic sustainability.

Dr. Kim-Anh Nguyen
Prof. Dr. Yuei-An Liou
Dr. Yann H. Kerr
Prof. Dr. Takashi Oguchi
Prof. Dr. James Terry
Dr. Philip Minderhoud
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Keywords

  • environmental sustainability
  • monitoring
  • anthropogenic progress
  • natural variation
  • global change
  • remote sensing derived variables
  • landscape dynamics
  • sustainable management strategies

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Human Impacts on Estuarine Erosion-Deposition in Southern Central Vietnam: Observation and Hydrodynamic Simulation
Sustainability 2021, 13(15), 8303; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158303 - 25 Jul 2021
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This paper aims to identify the causes and sources of erosion and deposition at small estuaries in southern central Vietnam under human intervention. The jetty built at the Tam Quan river mouth (Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam) serves as the base for the study. [...] Read more.
This paper aims to identify the causes and sources of erosion and deposition at small estuaries in southern central Vietnam under human intervention. The jetty built at the Tam Quan river mouth (Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam) serves as the base for the study. After its completion at the end of 2009, the hydrodynamic and erosion-deposition processes in the region have been significantly altered. Inside the estuary, the waves are not influenced, but the currents are increased during the ebb tide period and decreased during the flood tide timeframe. During the southwest monsoon, the jetty could cause an increase in the deposition process in both frequency and area, whereas the erosion process tends to narrow the area and increase the frequency on the north coast. In contrast, both deposition and erosion processes are increased on the southern coast. About 5859 m3 of sediments are deposited in the channel gate mainly by local sources. During the northeast monsoon, both deposition and erosion processes are located over a narrow area with frequency increased on the north coast, whereas the deposition process is narrowed with higher frequency on the southern coast. The total amount of sediment deposited at the estuary is 56,446 m3, of which 74.2% is from the onsite erosion material, 15.8% from the river and 10% from the longshore transportation. Generally, due to mainly erosion-deposition processes, sediment volume is accumulated during the northeast monsoon with amount 9.6 times more than that the southwest monsoon. The erosion-deposition processes are contributed to by poor practical management and local human activities inland and in the coastal regions, as well as the natural situation, resulting in serious impacts on society, the economy and the environment. Hence, the governance of the erosion-deposition processes and sediment load in small estuaries appear to contribute to the master plan for the local sustainable development of society and the economy. Full article
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