Geospatial Relationships Between Water Quality and Human Health Outcomes in a Changing Climate
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2026 | Viewed by 788
Special Issue Editors
Interests: risk assessment and prevention; environmental health; health risk in water; exposure; toxicity
2. Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3002, USA
Interests: citizen science; water and public health; invertebrates as environmental sentinels; environmental; epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The waterways across the world are being threatened by the same environmental disturbances that threaten surface and groundwater nationwide. These disturbances include extreme weather conditions, including flooding and drought, and chemical concerns, including nutrient and agricultural runoff and excessive industrial discharge. All these perturbations can lead to adverse human health impacts downstream that range from acute (heat stress) to chronic (carcinogenesis) in their scope. GeoHealth, a rapidly developing field of study, is helping to advance our understanding of the complex interactions between waterscapes and the health, well-being, and continued progress of human populations. This session invites abstracts focusing on understanding the spatial and/or temporal relationships between water quality variations, climate change, and adverse human health outcomes.
Prof. Dr. Eleanor Rogan
Prof. Dr. Alan Kolok
Dr. Naveen Joseph
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water quality
- climate change
- GeoHealth
- cancer incidence
- extreme weather
- spatial analysi
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