Studies on Water Resource and Environmental Policies

Dear Colleagues,

There is a global consensus that a shortage of water resources restricts the sustainable development of economy and society. The consequent degradation of water environments and the destruction of water ecosystems have created unprecedented challenges for human living environments. Today, many factors, such as the uneven distribution of water resources, the low utilization efficiency of water resources, insufficient awareness around saving water, and insufficient resilience of water resource systems, have caused serious environmental problems. The sustainable use of water resources and environmental restoration have become the most important issues that every country must solve.

With the development of economy and society, water resources are being implemented into various sectors. A multi-dimensional complex network structure has been formed that involves water resources, land use, energy development, food security, carbon emissions, and the ecological environment. From the point of view of systems science, it is necessary to maintain the coordination and competition balance among subsystems. From the perspective of sociology, it is necessary to ensure the sustainable development and utilization of water resources in order to create maximum social efficiency and ensure social security. From the perspective of environmental science, it is necessary to formulate practical and effective environmental policies to promote the high-quality development of the whole society. Water resources involve every aspect of economic and social development; thus, water resource system analysis is closely related to environmental health and social sustainable development.

Therefore, it is necessary to carry out further studies from the perspective of complex system analyses and to evaluate water resources to provide support for the formulation and implementation of environmental policies, as well as to promote the high-quality development of economic society. In this context, researchers are invited to contribute to this Special Issue entitled, “Studies on Water Resource and Environmental Policies”.

Original field and experimental research papers, review papers and case studies are invited for submission.

Prof. Dr. Hongrui Wang
Dr. Yafeng Yang
Guest Editors

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