Prioritizing urban water scarcity mitigation strategies based on hybrid multi-criteria decision approach under fuzzy environment

Ö Ekmekcioğlu, K Koc, I Dabanli, A Deniz - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
This study was undertaken to be a remedy to urban water scarcity phenomena having
escalated consequences with the contemporaneous effects of climate change and over …

A runoff‐on‐grid approach to embed hydrological processes in shallow water models

P Perrini, L Cea, F Chiaravalloti… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Catchment‐scale hydrological models encountered dichotomies with the numerical
hydrodynamic models when describing surface routing process. We propose a new …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of flood-exposed population in data-scarce regions combining satellite imagery and high resolution hydrological-hydraulic modelling: A case study …

L Cea, M Álvarez, J Puertas - Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Region Licungo basin (Mozambique) Study Focus The Licungo basin
(23,263 km 2) suffers frequent severe flooding due to tropical storms, in a country that is …

A methodological tool for sustainability and feasibility assessment of indoor vertical farming with artificial lighting in Africa

I Paucek, E Durante, G Pennisi, S Quaini… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
African agriculture is bound to face challenges for its future food systems development and
economic transformation. Indoor vertical farms with artificial lighting represent an opportunity …

[HTML][HTML] Circular Regenerative Agricultural Practices in Africa: Techniques and Their Potential for Soil Restoration and Sustainable Food Production

HJ Tindwa, EW Semu, BR Singh - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
The conventional linear system of global food production and consumption is unsustainable
as it is responsible for a substantial share of greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity …

Smart Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Potable Water Supply in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

T Judeh, I Shahrour, F Comair - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a smart rainwater harvesting (RWH) system to address water scarcity in
Palestine. This system aims to improve the water harvesting capacity by using a shared …

Designing energy-efficient buildings in urban centers through machine learning and enhanced clean water managements

X Chen, Z Zhang, AM Abed, L Lin, H Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) is increasingly recognized as a vital sustainable practice in
urban environments, aimed at enhancing water conservation and reducing energy …

Enhancing nitrogen and rainwater use efficiency through rainwater harvesting in semi-arid smallholder sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) farming systems

FNM Kubiku, R Mandumbu… - Cogent Food & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Nitrogen and rainwater use efficiency in semi-arid smallholder farming systems is low due to
low soil fertility and unreliable rainfall. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of …

Using integrated hydrological–hydraulic modelling and global data sources to analyse the February 2023 floods in the Umbeluzi Catchment (Mozambique)

L Cea, M Álvarez, J Puertas - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2024 - nhess.copernicus.org
Abstract On 9–13 February 2023 an intense flood event took place in the province of Maputo
(Mozambique), resulting in severe damage to agricultural lands and transport infrastructure …

The water–energy–food–ecosystem nexus in North Africa dryland farming: a multi-criteria analysis of climate-resilient innovations in Morocco

E Kertolli, P Prosperi, R Harbouze… - Agricultural and Food …, 2024 - Springer
Smallholder farmers, who mostly engage in low-value agriculture in the drylands of Northern
Africa, were the first to have felt the effects of climate change, with threats to their livelihoods …