Optimal Management and Hydrological Simulation of Water and Soil Resources Under Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to focus on research advances and investigations applied in the area of water and soil resources’ optimization simulation. At present, extreme weather events are occurring more often due to climate change, and social and economic development has led to a significant rise in the demand for water supplies. There are unprecedented challenges and opportunities in the management, evaluation, and preservation of soil and water resources. This Special Issue aims to focus on the latest research findings in the area of soil and water resources, exploring innovative technologies and methods, encouraging the preservation and sustainable use of soil and water resources, supporting the management of the water resources crisis caused by climate change and extreme weather, enhancing our understanding of hydrological processes, and supporting scientific decision-making by computer simulation and optimization technology/tools.

The goal of this Special Issue is to collate manuscripts that discuss different topics related to water resources’ carrying capacity assessment, agricultural water-saving technology optimization, hydrological process simulation under climate change, etc., and focus on combining computer simulation, mathematical analysis methods, optimization analysis methods, etc.

In this Special Issue, contributions related to the following topics of interest are welcome to be submitted:

• Agricultural/industrial/urban water resources’ management;
• Water resources’ carrying capacity assessment;
• Hydrological and water resources’ planning model under uncertainty;
• Hydrological model development and verification;
• Soil infiltration process simulation;
• Water resources’ decision support system development;
• Application of learning machine in water and soil sources optimization simulation;
• Mountain torrent disaster assessment;
• Flood risk warning technology;
• Comprehensive drought assessment.

Dr. Chongfeng Ren
Prof. Dr. Gaiqiang Yang
Dr. Xiao Liu
Guest Editors

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