Evaluating Transport Corridors for the Integration of Water-Transfer Infrastructures—A Case Study from the Czech Republic

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app15189990" target="_blank" >10.3390/app15189990</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Evaluating Transport Corridors for the Integration of Water-Transfer Infrastructures—A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Original language description

This article evaluates the potential for integrating planned water transfer infrastructure with existing transport corridors. A novel method was developed to assess the suitability of major road, highway, and railway corridors based on the availability of adjacent stateowned land for water pipeline construction. A five-category classification was introduced, reflecting the ratio of available land area (m2) to corridor segment length (m). This approach was first applied across the whole Czech Republic and then tested in detail on a regional pilot case study involving a planned water pipeline from the Nýrsko reservoir to the city of Plzeň with a total length of 72 km, supplying 250,000 inhabitants. Results showed a promising share of highly suitable corridors (23.6% nationwide; 20.6% in the case study). The method offers a tool for cost-effective planning of water transfer systems and can help to minimize land acquisition costs by utilizing state land along transport infrastructure. It is transferable and replicable for similar applications in other regions. Marval, Š.; Fučík, P.; Hejduk, T.; Zrostlík, Š.; Mašek, O.; Kaplická, M. Evaluating Transport Corridors for the Integration of Water-Transfer Infrastructures—A Case Study from the Czech Republic. Appl. Sci. 2025, 15, 9990. https:// doi.org/10.3390/app15189990

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Sciences

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

2076-3417

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

18

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1-16

UT code for WoS article

001579555700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105017225455