Sustainable Water Resources Management in a Changing 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 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anthropocene; geomorphology and engineering geology; natural resources; ecosys-tems; natural and anthropogenic impacts
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Interests: ecosystems; vegetation patterns; geospatial models; climate; sustainability
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Interests: rainfall-runoff modeling; flood-prone area estimation; surface hydrology; GIS terrain analysis for hydrogeomorphic applications; hydrological process monitoring and modelling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of addressing sustainability findings and establishing adaptive strategies to preserve the value of natural resources like water, vegetation and soils, it is of strategic relevance to identify spatial patterns and temporal trends in climate and biodiversity variables. The increasing trends in climate variability at all latitudes, coupled with anthropogenic stresses, are inducing water cycle changes, the degradation of underlying land, and changes in ecological evolution.
The main topics of concern in this field are the evaluation of groundwater reservoirs, the role of dams in river flux diversion, water loss in water basins, drainage and evapotranspiration patterns, the cause–effect relationship between vegetation and water in ecosystem service provision, and societal adaptation and vulnerability assessment during droughts under climate change scenarios. Thanks to the abundance of geospatial modelling and monitoring data, coupled with the growing availability of satellite data and thematic products, the complexity of water-dominated systems (coasts, mountains and plains from polar to tropical latitudes) can be captured through synoptic approaches and innovative data processing analytics.
This Special Issue will assemble innovative and original research related to the abovementioned issues and welcomes papers focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Geomatics for analyzing territorial issues and spatio-temporal patterns;
- Urban, landscape and natural resource management;
- Climate–water–land interactions;
- Water bodies from mountains to coastal areas;
- River discharge, dams and sediment transport;
- Water and natural hazards.
Dr. Sergio Cappucci
Dr. Emiliana Valentini
Dr. Andrea Petroselli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geomatics
- GIS and remote sensing applications
- water and landscape management
- the management of natural resources (soil, water, sediment) from dams, channels and river banks
- water–climate interactions
- earth surface processes, coastal erosion and river drainage networks
- landslides and flooding
- natural hazards
- wetland reclamation
- “Ecologically sustainable” water and wastewater treatment and management
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