Agricultural Water and Land Resources Planning and Management: Challenges and Endeavors
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: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 95
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural water and land management; water use efficiency; land use change; climate change impacts; water–land–food–carbon nexus
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: water and land management; land use change; climate change; urban land expansion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water and land resources are two of the most vital resources in agricultural and food production systems. However, the increasing demands for water and land resources due to population growth and economic development, coupled with unreasonable utilization structure, uneven distribution, and spatial mismatch between water and land resources, make agricultural water and land resources under unprecedented pressure. Global climate change and land use change pose more serious challenges to planning and management of agricultural water and land resources.
This Special Issue seeks discussions and review works on the current conditions and evaluation of agricultural water and land resources regionally and globally, major issues and challenges, and also research reports addressing and evaluating the effects of some environmental stressors (e.g., water scarcity issues, land resources degradation, and cultivated land that is occupied) on agricultural water and land resource utilization (including blue water and green water), as well as the endeavors and measures of stakeholders and scientists in the effective utilization, planning, and management of agricultural water and land resources. Works on agricultural water and land resource management based on the water–energy–food or water–land–food nexuses are also welcomed.
Dr. Qingling Geng
Prof. Dr. Zhihui Tian
Dr. Lijie Shi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water resources
- land resources
- agricultural water use
- water and land resource matching
- agricultural water and land resource management
- optimal allocation
- climate change
- sustainable management
- resource carrying capacity
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