Advances and Challenges in the Sustainable Water Management—Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Water is the most important environmental resource for life, ecosystem services, and social and economic development. In recent years, in many regions of the world, access to water has been increasingly restricted. The main factor affecting water resources is human activity, which leads to changes in natural water cycles through land use and land cover modification and the construction of dams and weirs. Overconsumption and the pollution of surface and groundwater resources contribute to a reduction in available water resources. In addition, periodic droughts, floods, and the projected impact of climate change on water resources make access to water increasingly limited and uncertain. At present, new methods for water management are being researched, and the currently used methods are optimized in all economic sectors in order to efficiently use the available water resources. It is best to close water cycles or to recycle water using highly efficient waste treatment technologies. Sustainable water management, which is crucial for the protection of water resources and the reasonable use of water, should consider the requirements of ecosystems. Therefore, strategies for water resource management and planning aspects are very important to solve the water problem around the world. This Special Issue explores cross-disciplinary approaches, methodologies, and applications of sustainable water resource management. This Special Issue invites researchers in environmental protection, environmental engineering, civil engineering, spatial planning, geography, and other disciplines and cross-disciplinary fields. Its coverage extends to the following topics:

• Sustainable water management strategies, solutions, and techniques in urban regions, industry, agriculture, and forestry;
• Climate change impact and mitigation–adaptation strategies in water management;
• Sociohydrology as a tool for sustainable water management;
• The challenges of spatial management and planning in the context of sustainable water management;
• The quantity and quality of water resources;
• The role of environmental flow and ecohydrology in sustainable water management;
• The mitigation of the effects of drought and flood;
• The application of remote sensing and geographical information systems in water management;
• The environmental, economic, and social aspects of water demand and use;
• Modern technologies in water management;
• River training close to nature;
• The administration and maintenance of water resource systems;
• Modeling of water resource and management systems.

Prof. Dr. Mariusz Sojka
Dr. Dariusz Młyński
Guest Editors

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• water resources
• water quality
• water demand
• sustainable water management
• climate change
• drought and flood
• environmental flows
• water policy
• water technologies and techniques

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