Advances in Modelling and Prediction on the Impact of Human Activities and Extreme Events on Environments

• Autore: Shao Songdong
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Research and information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: aeroelastic performance; Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) method; armor layer; causes and implications; check dam; check dam system; clear water scour condition; climate change; coastal structure; coherent structures; computational time; dam break; dam-break; debris flows; decomposition-coordination; dense granular flow; ecological operation; ecosystem service assessment; elastic actuator line model; embankments; emergent vegetation; energy conversion; equilibrium scour depth processes; excitation frequency; experimental investigations; experimental modelling; fast landslide; finite element method (FEM); fissure flow; flexible vegetation; flood control; flooding; flooding on complex topography; focusing waves; FOSS (Free Open Source Software); grain size distribution (GSD); HPC (High Performance Computing); hydrologic alterations; hydrologic response; impact pressure; inertia effect; InHM; intermittent debris flows; internal stability; InVEST model; ISPH; karst rocky desertification; liquid sloshing; Loess Plateau; material point method; mathematical model; meandering; multi-scale; natural hazard; Navier-Stokes equation; non-homogeneous debris flow; non-uniform sediment; NREL 5 MW wind turbine; numerical modelling; numerical simulation; ocean and engineering; OpenFOAM; openMP; overtopping failure; pier scour; porous media; Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau; rainfall patterns; rainfall simulation; rainfall-runoff; rigid vegetation; rock-soil contact area; runoff; schistosomiasis prevention; scouring; secondary flow; sediment laden flows; sediment scouring; sediment transport; sedimentary land; shear layer; slope gradient; slope length; Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH); smoothed-particle hydrodynamics; soil erosion; space-time parameter; SPH; SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics); SST k-ω turbulence model; stratification effect; suffusion; surge wave; SWE; turbulence; urban evolution; value analysis; viscous coefficients; vortex-induced vibration (VIV); water jet flow; water levels; water-related natural hazards; water-soil interactions; wave amplitude spectra; wetland
• Persona (resp. second.): LuoMin; RubinatoMatteo; ZhengXing; PuJaan H; ShaoSongdong
• Sommario/riassunto: Rapid urbanization and industrialization have progressively caused severe impacts on the mountainous, river, coastal environments, and have increased the risks for people living in these areas. Human activities have changed the ecosystems, and, hence, it is important to determine ways to predict these consequences to enable the preservation and restoration of these key areas. Furthermore, extreme events attributed to climate change are becoming more frequent, aggravating the entire scenario and introducing ulterior uncertainties for the accurate and efficient management of these areas to protect the environment, as well as the health and safety of people. Climate change is altering the rain and extreme heat, as well as inducing other weather mutations. All these lead to more frequent natural disasters such as flood events, erosions, and contamination and spreading of pollutants. Therefore, efforts need to be devoted to investigating the underlying causes, and to identifying feasible mitigation and adaptation strategies to reduce the negative impacts on both the environment and citizens. In support of this aim, the selected papers in this book covered a wide range of issues that are mainly relevant to the following: i) the numerical and experimental characterization of complex flow conditions under specific circumstances induced by the natural hazards; ii) the effect of climate change on the hydrological processes in the mountainous, river and coastal environments, iii) the protection of ecosystems and the restoration of areas damaged by the effects of the climate change and human activities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in Modelling and Prediction on the Impact of Human Activities and Extreme Events on Environments
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557104803321
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