Abstract The effectiveness of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) modeling
hinges on the quality of practices employed through the process, starting from early problem …

Spatial dimensions need to be properly captured if modeling and engineering techniques
are to be successfully applied in addressing environmental problems. The links between the …

This study describes a GIS-based software tool for the qualitative assessment of
desertification risk. The tool integrates results from several land degradation models into …

The impacts of natural and man-made disasters have increased exponentially over the past
few decades. Moreover, with our global interconnectedness and the growing scale of …

Street trees are more and more regarded as an effective measure to reduce excessive heat
in urban areas. However, the vast majority of mesoscale urban climate models do not …

This paper presents a generic framework and decision tools of real-time risk assessment on
Emergency Environmental Decision Support System for response to chemical spills in river …

Meticulously analyzing all contemporaneous conditions and available options before taking
operations decisions regarding the management of the urban water resources is a …

Coupling plant growth model with pests and diseases (P&D) models, with consideration for
the long-term feedback that occurs after the interaction, is still a challenging task nowadays …

Recent observations show that the river Zenne (Belgium) remains well below the water
quality goals stated by the European Union Water Framework Directive. An interuniversity …

With the goal of ameliorating the urban heat island effect and haze, the wind environment of
urban residential areas has been studied using software simulations, field tests, wind tunnel …