The Mediterranean area is undergoing intensive demographic, social, cultural, economic,
and environmental changes. This generates multiple environmental pressures such as …

Crete, located in the South Mediterranean Sea, is characterized by long coastal areas,
varied terrain relief and geology, and great spatial and inter-annual variations in …

In many Mediterranean islands with limited surface water resources, the growth of
agricultural and touristic sectors, which are the main water consumers, highly depends on …

The application of metamodelling frameworks is a popular approach to handle the
computational cost arising from complex computer simulations and global optimization …

Managing fragile island freshwater resources requires identifying pumping strategies that
trade off the financial cost of groundwater supply against controlling the seawater intrusion …

Variable-fidelity modelling has been utilized in several engineering optimization studies to
construct surrogate models. However, similar approaches have received much less attention …

In this work we investigate the performance of various lower-fidelity models of seawater
intrusion in coastal aquifer management problems. The variable density model is …

In the current study, a simulation-optimization model is presented using a new metaheuristic
optimization algorithm called artificial Jellyfish Search (JS) to develop sustainable saltwater …

Abstract Flow‐direction‐dependent (FDD) dispersivity in coastal aquifers (CAs) may strongly
affect the inland extend of seawater intrusion (SWI) and the accompanying vertical salinity …

A proper management of fresh groundwater lenses in small islands is required in order to
avoid or at least limit uncontrolled saltwater intrusion and guarantee the availability of the …