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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2022.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural economics; agricultural water economics; mathematical programming models
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Interests: hydroeconomics; economic calibrated models; mathematical programming; system analysis; water scarcity; droughts
Interests: sustainable finance; geographic information systems; mathematical programming models
Interests: water pricing; water banks; water market; water resources management; agricultural mathematical programming
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The economy of water plays a fundamental role in the sustainability of water resources. A growing number of countries is transitioning from an expansionary to a mature water economy where high and growing demands meet inflexible supplies, leading to increased interdependencies among uses and intense competition for the resource. In this context, water (re)allocations inevitably entail a redistribution of benefits among users that needs to be properly assessed and balanced. Accordingly, national and international institutions have called for new demand-side approaches that integrate economic principles in the design of water policies, as illustrated by the Water Framework Directive.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather the latest contributions on the interrelationships between the water economy and the sustainability of water resources, society, and the economy in general. The Special Issue is open to all contributions related to the economy of water in all uses: agriculture, urban, energy, tourism, recreational, etc. Submissions can focus on both theoretical developments and applied cases that contribute to a better understanding of the interrelationships between economic instruments for water management and sustainability.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions related to water economics and sustainability from (but not limited to) the following areas:
- Agricultural water economics contributing to sustainability
- Urban water economics for water saving, water demand analysis
- Water economics and energy for a sustainable development
- Tourism and water economics
- Water accounting
- Valuation related to water
- Water finance
- Water markets and banks
- Water pricing and its contribution to sustainability
- Decision support systems based on, or incorporating, water economics
- Insurance related to water supply variability
- Cost-benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis
Dr. Carlos Gutiérrez-Martín
Dr. C. Dionisio Pérez-Blanco
Dr. Jose A. Fernández Gallardo
Dr. Nazaret M. Montilla-López
Guest Editors
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 papers will be 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 1900 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
- agricultural water economics
- urban water economics
- water economics and energy
- tourism and water economics
- water accounting
- water finance
- valuation related to water
- water markets
- water pricing
- decision support systems
- insurance
- cost-benefit analysis
- cost-effectiveness analysis