Water Management and Uses: Comprehensive Analysis of Landscape, Heritage and Environment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editor
Interests: economic history; urban planning; water resources management; drought and scarcity mitigation; local budgets; econometric applied analysis; sustainable development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water in connection with landscape conservation, the protection of cultural heritage, and environmental impacts must be analysed from the perspectives of different disciplines due to the complexity of integrated water resources management, addressing urgent challenges that require multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches. This Special Issue aims to extend the current body of knowledge by presenting the latest insights in the field of resilient water resources management, as well as the environmental diagnosis of the different uses of water from a holistic perception, by integrating landscape and heritage issues. Research areas may include the following: legal assessment; socioeconomic analysis; long-term perspective; sources and infrastructures of water supply to cities, agriculture, industry, tourism, or recreational uses; heritage and landscape; surface, groundwater, and non-conventional resources; risks management and mitigation; water quality and advanced treatments; or nature-based solutions. We especially encourage submissions that examine results from an integral view, considering policy and governance determinants.
Dr. Patricia Fernández-Aracil
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water resources management
- environmental impacts
- resilience
- landscape
- heritage
- socioeconomic analysis
- legal assessment
- policymaking
- nature-based solutions
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