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Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China
Interests: environmental fluid mechanics; vegetated flow and sediment transport; early warning systems for city safety

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Dear Colleagues,

Hydraulic and water resource engineering are applications of fluid mechanics and hydrologic knowledge to effectively manage and address water-related issues worldwide. They are one of the oldest and most mature civil engineering technologies; therefore, their sustainable development is critical to ensuring that their functions are maintained in the future. New technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud computing, measurement methods, construction materials, and so on, when widely applied to various aspects of engineering, have the potential to aid in the sustainable solution and development of modern hydraulic engineering and water resource engineering.

In this Special Issue, we aim to explore the recent advances in sustainable hydraulic and water resource engineering using modern technologies, as well as cover a broad scope of sustainable solutions and development beneficial for hydraulic and water resource engineering. We encourage submissions of high-quality papers on novel designs, technologies, ideas, solutions, and reviews for sustainable hydraulic and water resource engineering. Research areas related to environmental and economic issues in hydraulic and water resource engineering are also welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ying-Tien Lin
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Keywords

hydraulic engineering
water resource engineering
fluid mechanics
sustainable development
disaster prevention
early warning system
urban flooding
artificial intelligence
environmental and economic issues

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Study on River Protection and Improvement Based on a Comprehensive Statistical Model in a Coastal Plain River Network

by Junmin Wang, Lei Fu, Cheng Lu, Shiwu Wang, Yongshu Zhu, Zeqi Xu and Zihan Gui

Sustainability 2024, 16(9), 3518; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su16093518 - 23 Apr 2024

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When considering the contradictions between river management and protection in a typical plain river network, it is always confirmed that the river area has usually been encroached upon due to the development of human society. Based on the analysis of multiple attributes of the river network, a statistical model has been proposed in this study in order to determine the river network protection indices such as river area ratio, storage capacity and flux. In this study, a numerical method is proposed to improve the structure and connectivity of the river network by calculating the occupation and supplement balance. According to the principle of water area dynamic balance, the river network structure and its connectivity are improved through water area adjustment in a typical coastal city. As the simulation results show, the water surface ratio equals 8.17%, the storage capacity equals 112.6 million m³ and the water flux equals to 656.06 m³/s in the selected study area. The flood drainage capacity is introduced as the priority function, other functions are also improved due to river management and protection. The harmonious and sustainable coexistence between human society and the river network is then promoted. This comprehensive statistical model proved to be a good tool for the coastal area to enhance the comprehensive attributes of the coastal plain river network and the sustainable development of the local area in the future. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineering)

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