Through the Water Framework Directive (WFD) the European countries started producing
integrated river basin management plans with the basic objective to achieve “good status” of …

Using land use types and landscape metrics, as well as statistical and spatial analysis, we
determined the relationships between land use patterns and river water quality in the Taizi …

Increased population leads to land use (LU) changes from natural to urban and agricultural
LU. These disturbances not only decrease the natural treatment potential but they also …

With the development of agriculture, industry and urbanization, land-use and land-cover
(LULC) change has resulted in significant deterioration of water quality and severe …

Identifying groundwater recharge and discharge areas across catchments is critical for
implementing effective strategies for salinity mitigation, surface-water and groundwater …

The Export Coefficient Model (ECM) has been widely used to estimate non-point source
(NPS) pollution loads for its ease of application. The model uses an export coefficient …

Simulating soil erosion variation with a temporal land use database reveals long-term
fluctuations in landscape patterns, as well as priority needs for soil erosion conservation …

A reliable system simulation to relate socioeconomic development with water environment
and to comprehensively represent a watershed's dynamic features is important. In this study …

Agricultural production, urbanization, and other anthropogenic activities, the major causes of
surface water pollution in China, have dramatically altered hydrological processes and …

Erhai Lake is the second largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province but suffers from the
deterioration of water quality and agricultural non-point source pollution (ANPSP). However …