Nature-based solutions for water management in peri-urban areas: barriers and lessons learned from implementation experiences

NA Ramírez-Agudelo, R Porcar Anento, M Villares… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are defined by the European Commission as “actions that are
inspired by, supported by, or copied from nature…” and that solve societal challenges and …

A comparison of statistical methods and multi-criteria decision making to map flood hazard susceptibility in Northern Iran

A Arabameri, K Rezaei, A Cerdà, C Conoscenti… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
In north of Iran, flood is one of the most important natural hazards that annually inflict great
economic damages on humankind infrastructures and natural ecosystems. The Kiasar …

Water ecological security assessment and spatial autocorrelation analysis of prefectural regions involved in the Yellow River Basin

M Qiu, Q Zuo, Q Wu, Z Yang, J Zhang - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To have a more comprehensive understanding of the water ecological security status of the
Yellow River Basin, this paper constructs a water ecological security evaluation index …

Watershed health assessment using the pressure–state–response (PSR) framework

Z Hazbavi, SH Sadeghi… - Land degradation & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A pressure–state–response framework was customized to outline the watershed health
(WH) concept. To achieve this, the watershed indicators of pressure, state (S), and response …

Watershed health and ecological security zoning throughout Iran

SH Sadeghi, R Chamani, MZ Silabi, M Tavosi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Today, land degradation and the decrease in the expected services of watersheds have
been mainly influenced by human-induced activities. Hence, it requires more attention to …

Evaluation of watershed health using Fuzzy-ANP approach considering geo-environmental and topo-hydrological criteria

H Alilou, O Rahmati, VP Singh, B Choubin… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Assessment of watershed health and prioritization of sub-watersheds are needed to allocate
natural resources and efficiently manage watersheds. Characterization of health and spatial …

Comparative effect of conventional and adaptive management approaches on watershed health

ZE Gatgash, SH Sadeghi - Soil and Tillage Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Watershed management initiatives are designed to conserve essential soil, water, and
vegetation resources while ensuring production and agricultural sustainability. As a result …

Watershed health assessment using the coupled integrated multistatistic analyses and PSIR framework

T Duan, J Feng, X Chang, Y Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantitatively assessing watershed health under anthropogenic activities and management
responses is important for the scientific planning and management of watersheds. The …

Assessing the health and ecological security of a human induced watershed in central iran

SH Sadeghi, M Vafakhah, V Moosavi… - Ecosystem Health …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Assessment of the watershed health and associated ecological security is crucial for the
proper land resources management, notably when sufficient money and time have lacked …

Interactive impacts of climatic, hydrologic and anthropogenic activities on watershed health

SH Sadeghi, Z Hazbavi, M Gholamalifard - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study aimed to comprehensively assess the potential watershed health (WH)
using an adapted reliability, resilience and vulnerability (R el R es V ul) framework for the 24 …