Water Security and Governance in Catchments II
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 6391
Special Issue Editors
Interests: groundwater management; groundwater contamination risk; water–rock interactions; groundwater flow modeling; groundwater–surface water interactions; land degradation and surface water quality; spatial decision support systems in public water supply planning; conjunctive use of water resources; water security
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Interests: flood-detention basins; rainwater harvesting for drought effects attenuation; hydrologic modeling at the catchment scale; water resources management; quality data; integrated monitoring of climate and environmental impacts; sustainability in agri-food and forestry ecosystems
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2. General Director of Minas Gerais Institute for Water Resources Management, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Interests: public water supply; sanitation and public health; water governance; water policies; water security risk
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water scarcity, water pollution, and extreme events are increasing environmental and human health problems that require thorough attention worldwide. Taking the watershed as a representative unit for water management, the topic of water security and governance has become hot in recent years and is now prominent in the political agenda of many countries. The concerns about water security are usually fourfold: (1) the continuous changing mosaic of water shortage related to the balance between availability and the access and demand for ever more water; (2) flooding (coastal, river, flash, or glacier outburst floods), encompassing the causes, development, and impacts of flood events, as well as mitigation and restoration measures; (3) the human dimensions of water security in relation to conventional (surface water and groundwater) and alternative (wastewater and desalination) sources, covering multiple standpoints, such as politics, economics and finance, access, social equity, ethics, risk, adaptation, ecosystem services, and nexus challenges; and (4) the vulnerability of water supply systems, assessed through relationships between public health and the quality, quantity, and reliability of the systems, as well as the public health impacts of wastewater management and re-use.
The purpose of this Special Issue is therefore to bring scientists into a discussion on water security and governance and their implications for urban and rural supplies of public water, as well as the prevention and mitigation of floods.
Thank you very much for your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Fernando António Leal Pacheco
Prof. Dr. Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes
Prof. Dr. Marília Carvalho de Melo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water availability and demand
- conjunctive water uses, desalinization, recycling, and re-use
- land uses and water pollution
- water-related health and ecosystem threats and challenges
- extreme events and adaption
- water governance
- water policies and management
- climate change and water security
- watershed, remote sensing, and big data
