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Advances in Science-Policy-Practice Interface in Integrated Water Resources Management

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 4437

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Oghenekaro Nelson Odume

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Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa
Interests: integrated water resource management; water quality; pollution studies; ecosystem ecology; water governance; water ethics; transdisciplinary research
Dr. Elizabeth A. Mack

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Department of Geography, the Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: water security; water affordability; sustainability; integrated water resource management
Dr. Frank C. Akamagwuna

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Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa
Interests: water resource management; water quality; pollution studies; ecosystem ecology; functional ecology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Managing water sustainably is fundamental to achieving the United Nations' (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. Since the early 2000s, water practitioners and policymakers have recognized the need for integrated water resource management (IWRM), a holistic, coordinated approach to managing water resources to achieve economic and social welfare while ensuring the long-term sustainability of water resources (U.N., n.d.). Several pressures on water systems, including climate change, population growth, and governance failures, pose challenges to IWRM. Given these challenges, this Special Issue is aimed at highlighting recent advances in research, policy, and practice in integrated water resource management in response to several pressures on water resources and systems. Papers are welcome from diverse disciplines, including biological, physical, chemical, governance, and social-economic dimensions of water research.  Interdisciplinary research, as well as papers focusing on participatory and engaged research, are particularly welcome.

Prof. Dr. Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
Dr. Elizabeth A. Mack
Dr. Frank C. Akamagwuna
Guest Editors

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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.

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Keywords

  • sustainable water resource management
  • water quality
  • biomonitoring
  • water governance
  • transdisciplinarity
  • water ethics
  • water economics

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How to Promote the Development of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technological Innovation in China: A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis
by Xiaoman Mu, Suao Lu and Qinyi Li
Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15359; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115359 - 27 Oct 2023
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As a priority in the water treatment field, industrial wastewater treatment has attracted much attention in China. Although previous studies have pointed out the importance of technological innovation in industrial wastewater treatment, they have not taken into account the complex relationships involved in [...] Read more.
As a priority in the water treatment field, industrial wastewater treatment has attracted much attention in China. Although previous studies have pointed out the importance of technological innovation in industrial wastewater treatment, they have not taken into account the complex relationships involved in the subject, resulting in ineffectiveness. To solve this problem, this study innovatively introduces a wastewater treatment service provider and constructs a three-party evolutionary game model by simultaneously considering the penalty mechanism and public participation. An evolutionary stability analysis of each subject was performed, and the initial strategy and sensitivity analysis of the key parameters were explored through numerical simulation. The results of the study are as follows: (1) there was a positive interaction between the behaviors and strategies of the three parties of wastewater treatment; (2) subsidies and penalties can effectively encourage wastewater enterprises and wastewater treatment service providers to choose green behavior; (3) technological innovation in wastewater treatment is the key to reducing additional costs; (4) public supervision and media monitoring have a more obvious impact on governmental strategic decisions. The results of this study can provide a reference for the government to improve incentives and for stakeholders to adjust their strategies for decision support. Full article
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Strategic Implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management in Selected Areas of Palawan: SWOT-AHP Method
by Jennifer Collado Cacal, Evelyn Buque Taboada and Muhammad Shafqat Mehboob
Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 2922; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042922 - 6 Feb 2023
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In the recent past, Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has emerged as the method of choice for resolving a wide range of water-related conflicts that arise between governments and stakeholders all over the globe. Despite a variety of regulations and initiatives being put [...] Read more.
In the recent past, Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has emerged as the method of choice for resolving a wide range of water-related conflicts that arise between governments and stakeholders all over the globe. Despite a variety of regulations and initiatives being put into place, there is still skepticism over their actual execution. In 2006, the Philippine government began updating the water policy and regulatory framework to promote IWRM as a foundation for sustainable development. However, implementation of this national and subnational structure is still in process. This study intends to identify and rank the key elements likely to affect IWRM changes at the subnational level in Palawan Province. Specifically, this study aims to identify the elements that might improve the result of adopting IWRM, which is as important as designing policies, institutions, and instruments for putting the approach into action. This approach combined the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) techniques, a hybrid multi-criteria decision procedure, SWOT-AHP. Expert group discussion revealed the essential elements impacting IWRM implementation in this research, and these elements were categorized into SWOT categories. The AHP approach was used to determine the relative relevance of each component identified in the SWOT analysis. The results show that the following ranking groups have a higher priority for Puerto Princesa: threats (group weight 48.8%), strengths (35.4%), weaknesses (10.7%), and opportunities (5.1%). The ranking group for Roxas is the following: opportunities (36.8%), strengths (27.4%), weaknesses (21.5%), and threats (14.3%). Taytay has the following ranking group: opportunities (27.9%), weaknesses (27.1%), threats (24.7%), and strengths (20.3%). While El Nido has the following ranking group: strengths (33.5%), weaknesses (24.3%), opportunities (24%), and threats (18.2%). This research identified and prioritized the key components essential to the effectiveness of the IWRM concept in the research sites. This study recommends evaluating IWRM implementation using the upgraded element framework, enhancing the strategic framework to assess state, federal, and local IWRM governance performance. Full article
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