Geospatial approach for developing an integrated water resource management plan in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Kafy, Abdulla Al; Faisal, Abdullah-Al-; Raikwar, Vinay; Rakib, Abdullah Al; Kona, Marium Akter; Ferdousi, Jannatul

doi:10.1016/j.envc.2021.100139

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“…These environmental factors also influence other phenomena such as cities classification (Rahmana et al, 2019); planning in integrated water resource management (Kafy et al, 2021a); in dynamic of land cover changes and in predicting seasonal urban thermal fields (Kafy et al, 2021b), etc. They must, therefore, be considered for a variety of environmental phenomena including gullying.…”

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Gully erosion susceptibility mapping using four machine learning methods in Luzinzi watershed, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Chuma

Mugumaarhahama²,

Jean³

et al. 2023

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

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Section: Conditioning Factors Related To Gully Erosion Susceptibility...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Gully erosion susceptibility mapping using four machine learning methods in Luzinzi watershed, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Chuma

Mugumaarhahama²,

Jean³

et al. 2023

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

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“…Furthermore, as the concern over climate change has been growing in the scientific community, these attempts have been gravitated toward this direction to account for such problems and mitigate any potential adverse impacts (e.g., Enayati et al 2021;Molajou et al 2021;Soleimanian et al 2022). Though it may not be a novel concept per se, integrated water resource management (IWRM) was another theoretical concept that gained traction over the years as a basic guideline to achieve sustainable development in the context of water resources management (e.g., Kafy et al 2021;Ngene et al 2021). The gist of this concept was to promote the idea that achieving true sustainability would not be possible without acknowledging the role of other natural resources (e.g., air, soil) and how preserving the ecosystem, mitigating the environmental impacts, and socio-economic evaluation should be incorporated into water resources management schemes (Biswas 2008).…”

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No-free-lunch-theorem: a page taken from the computational intelligence for water resources planning and management

Zolghadr‐Asli

2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The long pursuit to alleviate the global water crisis has been riddled with revolutionary decision-making paradigms, forwardthinking theoretical concepts, and even ground-breaking technologies. This journey, however, is centered around the expectation of discovering what could be seen as the ultimate solution to all water-related problems. These nuances, revolutionary ideas, and cutting-edge technologies raise an ostensibly simple but fundamentally crucial question: Is there or can there ever be a singular universal ideal solution to address the water resources crisis that can potentially ensure the ideas of the sustainable development paradigm? This paper tends to take inspiration from the well-established no-free-lunch theorem (NFLT) to refute the possibility of such a solution in the context of water resources management. Such an interpretation also emphasizes that any remedy intended to address water resources issues must be tailored to the particular circumstances of each case. However, it should be noted that these findings are not intended to undermine the importance of current approaches but rather to emphasize how these concepts or technologies should be used as an inspiration to curate an ad hoc version of the said solution that can reflect local requirements or constraints.

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“…As a result of these multiple actions, the processes of densification and urbanisation are accelerating resources depletion and the degradation of urban ecosystems (Galli et al, 2020). Just to mention a few prominent examples, (i) a large number of cities in China are reported to be suffering from severe water shortage problem (Guan et al, 2018); (ii) Jakarta (Indonesia) is experiencing a resource crisis due to human-induced problems such as intense population density, traffic congestion, water pollution, as well as serious challenges induced by climate change (Shen et al, 2020); (iii) developing countries such as Bangladesh are undergoing dramatic changes in land cover/land use due to population densification (Kafy et al, 2021).…”

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Insights in Urban Resource Management: A Comprehensive Understanding of Unexplored Patterns

Zucaro

Maselli

Ulgiati

2022

Front. Sustain. Cities

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In the last few decades, the rapid urbanisation process has led to an exponential growth of resource use, making increasingly difficult to ensure the principles of sustainability within urban systems. Similar to living organisms, cities have always required resources and energy to survive. However, technological development and population growth have consequently led to increasing urban inflows and outflows, in so deeply altering the relations of cities with the environment as a source and a sink. Examples include the extraction of minerals for built environment and industrial processes providing manufactured goods; the conversion of fossil energy into electricity for buildings and fuel for vehicles; the use of natural resources (e.g., land or water) to support urban expansion activities. In a planet with limited resources, the challenge should not be to find new resources but to improve the way we use them and the lifestyles that they support, or in other words, to plan strategies to generate more value and higher quality of life with fewer inputs. It is well-known that cities depend on imports of external resources; however, they also benefit from internal resources and ecosystem services. Based on this framework, an urgent effort is needed to explore crucial urban issues that have not yet been adequately investigated. A strategic resource management is needed to actually move towards sustainable cities. In particular, a special focus should be placed on: (i) to monitor and properly manage the city's resources and energy systems within the metaphor of “urban metabolism;” (ii) to define innovative approaches, actions and strategies that ensure the sustainable management of non-renewable urban resources; (iii) to protect and restore urban ecosystem services as valuable renewable resources, and finally (iv) to envisage participatory governance processes for the appropriate allocation of resources to the common well-being.

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Geospatial approach for developing an integrated water resource management plan in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Cited by 31 publications

References 27 publications

Gully erosion susceptibility mapping using four machine learning methods in Luzinzi watershed, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Gully erosion susceptibility mapping using four machine learning methods in Luzinzi watershed, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

No-free-lunch-theorem: a page taken from the computational intelligence for water resources planning and management

Insights in Urban Resource Management: A Comprehensive Understanding of Unexplored Patterns

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