Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 1858
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA); infrastructure asset management (IAM); hydraulic modeling; the digitalization of urban water systems; water, energy efficiencies, and circular economy
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Interests: sustainable urban water cycles; adaptation to climate change; reliability, resilience, and risk management; infrastructure asset management; systems analysis; monitoring and modeling; the management of inflows to urban water systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute manuscripts to our Special Issue, “Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition”. This issue will focus on the following topics:
- Water-sensitive urban design;
- Urban water management planning;
- Smart technologies for water monitoring and management;
- Green infrastructure for urban drainage and stormwater management;
- Urban flood risk management.
We welcome submissions that address innovative solutions, emerging challenges, and prospects in urban water management. Your valuable research and insights will contribute to the findings and research integrity of this Special Issue.
Dr. Nelson Carriço
Dr. Maria do Céu Almeida
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- urban water infrastructure
- sustainable water management
- urban drainage systems
- resilient water systems
- climate change adaptation
- green infrastructure
- smart water technologies
- urban water governance
- circular water economy
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