Working Across Borders to Address Water Scarcity
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: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 300
Special Issue Editors
Interests: comparative evaluation of water management; policy and governance in water-scarce regions; groundwater recharge; transboundary aquifer assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This special issue will include papers that present research and analyses related to collaborating across borders, broadly construed, in water-scarce situations. Across the globe, there is a need to address current and/or projected imbalance between water supply and demand, and working across borders is required. Borders include borders shared with nation-states, jurisdictions within nations, Indigenous nations/communities, cities and surrounding rural communities, etc. Collaborations may involve water sharing, treatment, storage, infrastructure, conveyance, conservation programs, capacity building, and more. Papers focused on mechanisms and agreements governing collaboration are welcome, as are papers that evaluate less-than-successful examples of working across borders to address water scarcity. Submissions are encouraged from all disciplines.
In addition to academically-based authors, submissions from individuals based in the public and private for-profit and not-for-profit sectors are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Sharon B. Megdal
Dr. Rosario Sanchez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transboundary water management
- water scarcity
- water sharing
- water storage
- policy and governance in water-scarce regions
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