Advances in Sediment Transport Research and Engineering in Arid and Semi-arid Regions
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Erosion and Sediment Transport".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 2616
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hydraulics and sediment transport in turbulence flow field; computational simulation of flow and sediment transport in rivers; two dimensional computational simulatreservoir sedimentation; mitigation of watershed erosion;scour around bridges and structures;urban flooding simulation;contaminant transport in canal sediment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues:
Over 50% of the world has an arid and/or semi-arid climate, receiving less than 500 mm of precipitation per year. And, the arid and semi-arid regions contains the homes of more than 50% of the world’s populations. Human settlements demand water for households and industrial and agricultural services. Dams, reservoirs, canals, and ponds are essential infrastructures for water supply and delivery. Rainfalls are scarce in this region, but soil loss and land surface degradation are severe because these rainfall events have a high intensity in short duration.
To mitigate soil loss and land surface erosion, intensive research has been conducted in three areas:
(1) to quantify sediment yield and sediment transport from overland and channel flow
(2) to evaluate the impact of landuse and land cover (e.g., urban, agriculture, pasture) on soil erosion
(3) to assess the benefits of erosion control measures (e.g., check dams, natural engineering)
This Special Issue aims to publish recent advances in sediment transport research and engineering that contribute to reduce soil erosion for achieving sustainable land management in arid and semi-arid regions. I cordially invite original research articles of laboratory and field experimental studies, the development and application of computational models, and case studies of watershed erosion and engineering BMPs. Fundamental research including sediment transport mechanism, interaction between vegetation and sediment transport, as well as applied researches, case studies and applications of computational models (e.g., SWAT, KINEROS) are also welcome.
Prof. Jennifer G. Duan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Arid and semi-arid region
- Soil erosion
- Sediment transport
- Watershed erosion modeling
- Reservoir sedimentation
- Vegetation on soil loss
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