Land Use and Water Resources under Climate Change

This book explores complex interconnections among hydrology, land use, water resources, climate change, and so on, using modern tools and techniques such as numerical modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and remote sensing. The book aims to advance knowledge of modern tools and techniques in agricultural water management and crop science, while also promoting sustainable land planning. It addresses monitoring soil and water pollution issues with broader environmental implications. In addition, the book outlines the modern technologies designed to address the challenges of climate change while assessing the balance between soil moisture levels, land use, and sustainable development. Sudden shift in rainfall patterns, the increasing frequency of heatwaves and cold spells and the emergence of new climatic baselines necessitate understanding their impact on the water cycle and the distribution of water resources. These changes affect water resources in upper watershed areas and downstream regions, along with the land and agricultural activities. A better knowledge of the modern tools and techniques can help readers to synthesize, analyze, model, visualize, and interpret appropriate information for the sustainable development of land and water under changing climatic conditions. Therefore, the book calls for a more proactive approach to integrating tools and techniques of hydrological science with sustainable management of and, water, and natural resources by creating effective climate change strategies.