Water Resource Challenges and Sustainable Management Solutions Under the Interaction of Climate Change and Human Activities
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 91
Special Issue Editors
2. State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100044, China
Interests: climate change; hydrological systems; water resources; SDGs; ecosystem services
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Interests: atmospheric background monitoring; greenhouse gases and carbon cycle; atmospheric composition and long-range transport; high-altitude atmospheric observations; atmospheric trace gases and source attribution
Interests: glacier change; glacier mass balance; glacier meltwater runoff
Interests: low carbon economy; environmental policy; carbon emissions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The impacts of climate change and human activities on global water resources are becoming increasingly evident, posing unprecedented challenges to water resource management. With rising global temperatures and changes in atmospheric composition, significant shifts have occurred in global and regional climate patterns. The Waliguan Curve, as a critical reference for global atmospheric baseline data, reveals changes in greenhouse gas concentrations, highlighting the profound impacts of human activities on climate and water resources. Monitoring and assessment efforts by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) regarding global climate change provide crucial support for predicting changes in regional climate patterns.
This Special Issue aims to explore the close connections between climate change and water resources, particularly examining how regional water supply and demand will evolve amidst the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as extreme precipitation, droughts, and floods. Additionally, accelerated melting of glaciers poses potential threats to the sustainable supply of water, further complicating water resource management. In particular, the ever-increasing water demand driven by increasing human activities presents significant challenges for the sustainable utilization of water resources. Meanwhile, balancing human activities with the natural water cycle has become a critical issue for global and regional sustainable development. Furthermore, efficient water use and conservation are vital to achieving the dual-carbon goals (carbon peak and carbon neutrality).
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect global research findings, examine the multidimensional impacts of climate change and human activities on water resources, and propose targeted solutions. It particularly emphasizes effective water resource management to ensure long-term ecological, economic, and social prosperity in promoting regional sustainable development.
Dr. Xinchen Gu
Dr. Fugang Li
Dr. Hongliang Li
Dr. Pan Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- water resource management
- Waliguan curve
- water cycle mechanism
- hydrological model
- glacial water resources
- dual carbon targets
- extreme weather
- regional sustainable development
- sustainable use of water resources
- impact of human activities
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