Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance
A section of Water (ISSN 2073-4441).
Section Information
The section of Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance publishes contributions on all aspects of water resources policy, planning, management and governance. Topics covered include the following: integrated water resources management, water resources systems; water resources development; monitoring and protection of water resources; adaptive water management; conjunctive use of water resources; water demand management; capacity building in water resources management; national and international water policy; water economics; institutional arrangements; water law; water rights; property regimes; hydro-diplomacy; trans-boundary water issues; national and international water allocation agreements and treaties; water conflict resolution; public participation, consensus building and confidence building; commercialization of water; water politics; water security; water resources management, policy and governance in socially and environmentally sensitive areas and regions; history of water resources.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Data Analytics and Edge Computing for Water Security and Management (Deadline: 8 July 2025)
- Balancing Competing Demands for Sustainable Water Development (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Urban Groundwater and Sustainable Water Resources Management and Planning II (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Agricultural Water and Land Resources Planning and Management: Challenges and Endeavors (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Water Resources, Economic Development and Environment Carrying Capacity (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Decision-Making Theory and Methodology for Water, Energy and Food Security, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Using Economics for Sustainability, Effective Management, and Conflict Resolution in Water (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Integrated Approaches to Water Resources and Environmental Management: Innovations in Simulation and Impact Assessment (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Water: Economic, Social and Environmental Analysis (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Modeling and Predictions of Food Security Through Water Security (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Economic Approaches to Sustainable Water Management: Policy, Innovation, and Global Challenges (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Transboundary River Management (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Water Governance: Current Status and Future Trends (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Optimization-Simulation Modeling of Sustainable Water Resource (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Governance and Management of Major Water Projects: Strategies, Challenges, and Solutions (Deadline: 10 October 2025)
- Climate–Water Effects in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Approaches (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Methods and Tools for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Application of Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies in Water Resources Management (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Energy Recovery and Clean Water: Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Water Resources and Environment Management in Watersheds with Intensive Human Activities (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Complexities and Uncertainties of Water Policy, Governance and Management (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Hydrological Processes and Hydrologic Disasters (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Human–Water Interactions: Water Supply, Livelihood and Rural Society (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Water Resource Simulation and Optimal Allocation: Theory, Methods and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- From Theory to Practice: Implementing Resilience, Adaptation and Drivers of Change Frameworks in Water Basin Management (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Water Resources Allocation, Planning, and Regulation for Sustainable Management (Deadline: 10 January 2026)
- River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Management (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender, Community-Based Approaches, and Local Governance in Mitigating Water-Related Hazards (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Water Management and Uses: Comprehensive Analysis of Landscape, Heritage and Environment (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Working Across Borders to Address Water Scarcity (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- NBS for Watershed Management: From Ecological Health Assessment to Ecosystem Restoration (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Integrating Knowledge for Sustainability: Innovations at the Food–Energy–Water Nexus and Beyond (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Global Water Resources Management (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- Advancing Knowledge of the Impacts of Contaminants in Aquatic Environments (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Sustainable Water Resources Management in a Changing Environment (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Water and Education: Teaching Sustainability, Managing Risks, and Shaping the Future (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
