Natural and Anthropogenic Evolution in Critical Zone and Sustainable Management Strategies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 2801
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hillslope hydrology; groundwater recharge; unsaturated soil; isotopes hydrology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: climate change; hydrology; hydroinformatics; real-time forecasting
Interests: regional studies; environmental history; digital humanities
Interests: energy planning and management; energy system modelling; techno-economic analysis of renewable energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Critical Zone can be defined as the thin layer of the earth's near-surface, ranging from the top of the vegetation canopy to the bottom of the area weathered by deep groundwater. It includes the pedosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and shallow lithosphere. The Critical Zone supports earth ecosystem services as well as human life and development. However, the amount of human disturbance due to the development of human civilization and the social economy has caused impacts to water resources, soil, food production, ecological environments, etc. Solving these issues requires the interdisciplinary integration of knowledge and techniques among the natural sciences, engineering, humanities, and the social sciences. This integration of knowledge not only facilitates an understanding of evolutionary process and impacts from the past to the future, but it also helps to propose mitigation and adjustment strategies for sustainable development in the Critical Zone. Topics include but are not limited to the following: environmental change, environmental vulnerability, land uses, anthropogenic impacts, changes in hydrology patterns, and depletion of water resources.
Dr. Hsin-Fu Yeh
Prof. Dr. Shien-Tsung Chen
Prof. Dr. Su-Bing Chang
Dr. Yun-Hsun Huang
Prof. Dr. Jung-Hua Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land subsidence
- critical zone
- interdisciplinary integration
- sustainable management strategies
- environmental vulnerability
- climate change
- anthropogenic impacts
- hydrological system
- water resources
