Hydro-economic modeling (HEM) addresses research and policy questions from
socioeconomic and biophysical perspectives under a broad range of water-related topics …

Bioplastics are thought as a safe substitute of non-biodegradable polymers. However, once
released in the environment, biodegradation may be very slow, and they also suffer abiotic …

This paper presents a methodology to assess the effects of management strategies of
environmental flows on the hydrological alteration of river basins on a daily scale. It …

Heavy rainfall events, increasing in frequency and intensity with climate change, impact on
the quality of the water resource used for drinking-water production. Small-scale water …

The impacts of climate and associated socio-economic changes on water availability,
including supply and demand, quality, and storage volume, were evaluated for the Vale do …

Demands on fresh water by human beings have been continuously increasing due to
population growth, living standard improvement, and economic development. At the same …

Highly regulated basins have traditionally required management practices to mitigate the
negative environmental impacts and ensure human well-being. This paper proposes and …

River restoration is becoming a priority in many countries because of increasing the
awareness of environmental degradation. In Europe, the EU Water Framework Directive …

Anthropogenic activities are seriously endangering the conservation of biodiversity
worldwide, calling for urgent actions to mitigate their impact on ecosystems. We applied …

A river basin usually provides water for multiagent. Imperfect coordination mechanisms
among these agents, however, usually lead to serious water shortage, pollution, and …