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Sustainable Water Resources Management and Sustainable Environment (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 744

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Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce the Special Issue of the journal Sustainability entitled “Sustainable Water Resources Management and Sustainable Environment (2nd Edition)”, which is led by Associate Professor (Reader) Furat Al-Faraj.

Water is a substantial resource for socio-economic development and the protection of healthy environments. Sustainable management of water resources is a vital part of sustainable development. Climate change has already altered hydrological cycles, making water more unpredictable, and has changed the frequency, severity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of floods and droughts. Sharing transboundary waters is one of the major concerns in many regions of the world. Climate change has put additional stress on water availability, allocation, quality and the ability to meet growing water demands, especially in lower riparian countries. Access to improved water and sanitation facilities by 2030 is a major concern and challenge, particularly in developing countries. Some developing countries are still not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 by 2030. Wetlands are important regulators of water quantity and water quality, which are essential for sustainable development in many areas worldwide. The sustainable management and conservation of wetlands are notable challenges and concerns in many regions due to the combined influence of climate change and mismanagement.

The Special Issue invites contributions including, but not limited to, the following detailed topics:

  • Challenges to sustainable management of water resources;
  • Impacts of climate change on sustainable management of transboundary water resources;
  • Challenges and opportunities towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6;
  • Sustainability and environmental management;
  • Urban Drainage Systems for sustainable environment;
  • Sustainable management and conservation of wetland resources;
  • Smart water systems in smart cities;
  • Sustainable environment of smart cities.

The first edition, led by Associate Professor (Reader) Furat Al-Faraj, can be found here:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/water_res_env

Dr. Furat Al-Faraj
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • transboundary water resources
  • sustainable urban drainage systems
  • wetlands
  • climate change impacts
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • sustainable environment
  • smart water systems
  • smart cities

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Sustainable Adaptation Plan in Response to Climate Change and Population Growth in the Iraqi Part of Tigris River Basin
by Fouad H. Saeed, Mahmoud Saleh Al-Khafaji, Furat A. Mahmood Al-Faraj and Vincent Uzomah
Sustainability 2024, 16(7), 2676; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072676 - 25 Mar 2024
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Climate change and population growth play crucial roles in the planning of future water resources management strategies. In this paper, a balancing between projected water resources and water demands in the Iraqi Part of the Tigris River Basin (TRB) was evaluated till the [...] Read more.
Climate change and population growth play crucial roles in the planning of future water resources management strategies. In this paper, a balancing between projected water resources and water demands in the Iraqi Part of the Tigris River Basin (TRB) was evaluated till the year 2080 based on RCPs 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5 and population growth. This paper examined a sustainable adaptation plan of water resources in the TRB considering three scenarios; (S1) as no change in the current strategy, (S2) as improved irrigation efficiency and (S3) as improved irrigation and municipal water use efficiency. The results showed a decline in streamflow will occur in the range from 5 to 18.4% under RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5, respectively. The minimum increase in water demand is expected for RCP 2.6 (maximum increase for RCP 8.5) by 51.8 (208.2), 9.9 (42) and 1.2 (7)% for the municipal–industrial, irrigation and environmental water demands, respectively, compared with the RP. The main finding indicated that S1 is the worst scenario, with water stress in four provinces, especially on the warmest RCP. Whereas, under S2 and S3 conditions, water stress can be eliminated. Increasing ambition towards adaptation becomes obligatory for developing sustainable water sources, supporting water food securities and increasing resilience towards climate change. Full article
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