Irrigated agriculture plays a fundamental role as a supplier of food and raw materials.
However, it is also the world's largest water user. In recent years, there has been an …

The relevance of forests to sustain human well-being and the serious threats they face have
led to a notable increase of research works on forest ecosystem services during the last few …

In recent decades, the scarcity of water resources, the deterioration of aquatic ecosystems
and associated repercussions for other ecosystems have become major global challenges …

Water use and sustainable development are pressing issues that affect the overall global
system. The economic analysis of water use has been receiving increasing attention among …

Technological advancements can accelerate the attainment of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). However, technology adoption is associated with complex, interrelated …

Research background: The services provided by ecosystems are the main support for
human populations and for the development of any type of activity. Today, the provision of …

The challenges faced in public water supply in most cities and developing countries are
increasing population size, poor operational efficiency of existing waterworks, leakages, low …

Human exploitation on the natural resources is continuing in an overwhelming rate.
Nonrenewable natural resources are expected to deplete in the near future; in addition …

Competitions and disputes between various human water sectors and environmental flow of
the river are exacerbated due to the rapid growth of the economy in Yellow River basin as …

Leakages in a pipeline are an important problem due to the potential economic and
environmental hazard they present. In this study, we proposed a LoRaWAN-based approach …