Special Issue "Hydrologic and Water Resources Vulnerability and Resilience in a Changing Climate"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Venkat Sridhar
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Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: hydrology; water resources; climate change; drought and floods
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Dr. Fazlul Karim
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CSIRO Land & Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Interests: hydrology; floodplain hydraulics; inundation modeling; water resources assessment; sediment transport; hydrological connectivity and linking hydrology and ecology
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Dr. Raphael M. Tshimanga
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Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa B.P. 190, Congo
Interests: hydrological modelling; prediction in ungauged catchment; climate change vulnerability and adaptation in water sector; acoustic Doppler technology and large river investigation; catchment classification, water resources management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change, population growth and increased natural disasters are some of the main challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, causing hotspots and stresses to river basins and water resources management across the world. It is already having a significant impact from both space and time perspectives on the terrestrial water budget, altering the amount, distribution, timing, and quality of available water. An integrated view of water resources management is required to devise sustainable economic systems that will allow us to adapt to these changing conditions and protect us from extremes including floods and droughts.

This Special Issue seeks research papers related to the impacts of climate change on water resources, including availability and distribution of rainfall, snowmelt, river flows, floods and drought and their impacts on food security. Papers using a suite of simulation models (e.g., hydrology, climate, agriculture, floods and droughts, systems dynamics) and observations to quantify the impact and prescribe sustainable and adaptation measures at local, regional, continental and global scales are also of interests.

Dr. Venkat Sridhar
Dr. Fazlul Karim
Dr. Raphael M. Tshimanga
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

  • hydrology
  • climate change
  • agriculture
  • floods and droughts
  • systems dynamics

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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