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Computational models provide intelligent environmental decision support systems to understand how human decisions are shaped by, and contribute to changes in, the environment. These models provide essential tools to tackle the important issues raised by climate change, including migrations and conflicts due to resource scarcity (e.g., water resources), while accounting for the necessity of co-managing ecosystems across a population of stakeholders with diverse goals. Such socio-environmental systems are characterized by their complexity, which is reflected by an abundance of open questions. This book explores several of these open questions, based on the contributions from over 50 authors. While several books account for methodological developments in modeling socio-environmental systems, our book is unique in combining case studies, methodological innovations, and a holistic approach to training the next generation of modelers. One chapter covers the ontological, epistemological, and ethical issues raised at the intersection of sustainability research and social simulation. In another chapter, we show that the benefits of simulations are not limited to managing complex eco-systems, as they can also serve an educational mission in teaching essential rules and thus improve systems thinking competencies in the broader population.

Technology: general issues --- goal frames --- restoration decision-making rules --- restoration decision-making processes --- mixed qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis --- farmer stakeholders --- Central Malawi --- computer modeling --- human simulation --- social simulation --- sustainability --- development studies --- assemblage theory --- ontology --- epistemology --- ethics --- agent-based modeling --- housing markets --- Urban Shrinkage --- cities --- Detroit --- GIS --- agent-based model --- model development --- IoT sensors --- smart cities --- real-time data --- MARS --- simulation correction --- decision support systems --- urban planning --- multimodal travel --- human responses --- quantitative modeling --- water resources planning --- water availability --- water shortage --- drought --- Congo Basin --- Lake Chad --- climate change --- water --- migrations --- conflicts --- gender --- resilient development --- modeling --- hybrid modeling --- hybrid simulation --- usability --- high school education --- physics education --- user experience --- n/a

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Computational models provide intelligent environmental decision support systems to understand how human decisions are shaped by, and contribute to changes in, the environment. These models provide essential tools to tackle the important issues raised by climate change, including migrations and conflicts due to resource scarcity (e.g., water resources), while accounting for the necessity of co-managing ecosystems across a population of stakeholders with diverse goals. Such socio-environmental systems are characterized by their complexity, which is reflected by an abundance of open questions. This book explores several of these open questions, based on the contributions from over 50 authors. While several books account for methodological developments in modeling socio-environmental systems, our book is unique in combining case studies, methodological innovations, and a holistic approach to training the next generation of modelers. One chapter covers the ontological, epistemological, and ethical issues raised at the intersection of sustainability research and social simulation. In another chapter, we show that the benefits of simulations are not limited to managing complex eco-systems, as they can also serve an educational mission in teaching essential rules and thus improve systems thinking competencies in the broader population.

goal frames --- restoration decision-making rules --- restoration decision-making processes --- mixed qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis --- farmer stakeholders --- Central Malawi --- computer modeling --- human simulation --- social simulation --- sustainability --- development studies --- assemblage theory --- ontology --- epistemology --- ethics --- agent-based modeling --- housing markets --- Urban Shrinkage --- cities --- Detroit --- GIS --- agent-based model --- model development --- IoT sensors --- smart cities --- real-time data --- MARS --- simulation correction --- decision support systems --- urban planning --- multimodal travel --- human responses --- quantitative modeling --- water resources planning --- water availability --- water shortage --- drought --- Congo Basin --- Lake Chad --- climate change --- water --- migrations --- conflicts --- gender --- resilient development --- modeling --- hybrid modeling --- hybrid simulation --- usability --- high school education --- physics education --- user experience --- n/a

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This book presents the paper form of the Special Issue (SI) on Smart Urban Water Networks. The number and topics of the papers in the SI confirm the growing interest of operators and researchers for the new paradigm of smart networks, as part of the more general smart city. The SI showed that digital information and communication technology (ICT), with the implementation of smart meters and other digital devices, can significantly improve the modelling and the management of urban water networks, contributing to a radical transformation of the traditional paradigm of water utilities. The paper collection in this SI includes different crucial topics such as the reliability, resilience, and performance of water networks, innovative demand management, and the novel challenge of real-time control and operation, along with their implications for cyber-security. The SI collected fourteen papers that provide a wide perspective of solutions, trends, and challenges in the contest of smart urban water networks. Some solutions have already been implemented in pilot sites (i.e., for water network partitioning, cyber-security, and water demand disaggregation and forecasting), while further investigations are required for other methods, e.g., the data-driven approaches for real time control. In all cases, a new deal between academia, industry, and governments must be embraced to start the new era of smart urban water systems.

Technology: general issues --- hydraulic modelling --- pressure control valve --- pressure management --- remote real-time control --- stochastic consumption --- water distribution system --- fault identification --- hydraulic transient --- inverse transient analysis (ITA) --- water distribution network --- optimization approach --- water distribution monitoring --- optimal sensor placement --- water network partitioning --- topological centrality --- smart water system --- framework --- smartness --- cyber wellness --- leakage --- sensitivity --- uncertainty --- entropy --- multi-criteria decision-making --- DEMATEL --- clustering --- district metered area --- network sectorization --- smart city --- water quality monitoring --- Internet of Things --- wireless sensor networks --- water treatment plant --- data analytics --- nitrate --- nitrite --- water demand forecasting --- hybrid model --- error correction --- chaotic time series --- least square support vector machine --- cross-correlation --- data spatial aggregation --- finite population effect --- metering --- sample mean --- sampling design --- standard error --- stochastic analysis --- water demand peak factor --- water distribution networks --- comparative analysis --- hydraulic measure --- multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) --- reliability index --- water distribution network (WDN) --- smart stormwater --- machine learning --- cluster analysis --- data science --- flooding detection --- rainwater harvesting --- water trading --- dual reticulation --- decentralized water supply --- agent-based modeling --- urban water management --- urban water consumption --- water demand data --- water data accessibility --- data resolution --- smart meter --- smart water systems --- cyber–physical security --- cyber-security --- cyber–physical attacks --- n/a --- water distribution systems --- cyber-attack detection --- blind sources separation --- FastICA --- cyber-physical security --- cyber-physical attacks

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Local communities are increasingly taking on active roles and emerging as new actors in energy systems. Community energy and energy storage may enable effective energy system integration and ensure maximum benefits of local generation, leading to more flexible and resilient energy supply systems and playing an important role in achieving renewable energy and climate policy objectives. In this book, we summarize the different topics covered in the international conference on new pathways for community energy and storage in the form of the 14 articles published in this Special Issue on the same topic. It addresses important developments and challenges related to local energy transitions and the role of community energy and energy storage therein.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- energy transition --- local renewable energy cooperatives --- governance roles --- citizen participation --- mixed methods --- energy justice --- acceptance of wind energy --- modes of participation --- modes of distribution of benefits --- cooperative development --- battery storage technologies --- energy practices --- public participation --- householders --- socio-technical transitions --- Renewable energy communities --- renewable energy directive --- prosumership --- decentralised energy production --- energy clusters --- European Union --- consumer (co-)ownership. --- renewable energy prosumer --- collective prosumer --- energy union --- community energy --- polycentricity --- local energy initiatives --- smart grid --- legal innovation --- socio-technical innovation --- bottom-up --- collective action --- social innovation --- mobilization model --- energy communities --- energy collectives --- smart energy system --- renewable energy system --- sector integration --- consumer ownership --- local ownership --- prosumer --- organisational innovation --- renewable energy community --- vulnerable consumer --- consumer empowerment --- Clean Energy Package --- electricity storage system --- business model test --- agent-based modeling --- exploratory modeling analysis --- renewable energy --- energy cooperatives --- energy community --- thermal energy systems --- agent-based modelling and simulation --- formation and continuation --- critical factors --- community energy storage --- responsible innovation --- energy system integration --- energy storage --- community storage --- battery storage --- consumer --- user --- acceptance --- energy services --- n/a

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Local communities are increasingly taking on active roles and emerging as new actors in energy systems. Community energy and energy storage may enable effective energy system integration and ensure maximum benefits of local generation, leading to more flexible and resilient energy supply systems and playing an important role in achieving renewable energy and climate policy objectives. In this book, we summarize the different topics covered in the international conference on new pathways for community energy and storage in the form of the 14 articles published in this Special Issue on the same topic. It addresses important developments and challenges related to local energy transitions and the role of community energy and energy storage therein.

energy transition --- local renewable energy cooperatives --- governance roles --- citizen participation --- mixed methods --- energy justice --- acceptance of wind energy --- modes of participation --- modes of distribution of benefits --- cooperative development --- battery storage technologies --- energy practices --- public participation --- householders --- socio-technical transitions --- Renewable energy communities --- renewable energy directive --- prosumership --- decentralised energy production --- energy clusters --- European Union --- consumer (co-)ownership. --- renewable energy prosumer --- collective prosumer --- energy union --- community energy --- polycentricity --- local energy initiatives --- smart grid --- legal innovation --- socio-technical innovation --- bottom-up --- collective action --- social innovation --- mobilization model --- energy communities --- energy collectives --- smart energy system --- renewable energy system --- sector integration --- consumer ownership --- local ownership --- prosumer --- organisational innovation --- renewable energy community --- vulnerable consumer --- consumer empowerment --- Clean Energy Package --- electricity storage system --- business model test --- agent-based modeling --- exploratory modeling analysis --- renewable energy --- energy cooperatives --- energy community --- thermal energy systems --- agent-based modelling and simulation --- formation and continuation --- critical factors --- community energy storage --- responsible innovation --- energy system integration --- energy storage --- community storage --- battery storage --- consumer --- user --- acceptance --- energy services --- n/a