In Memory of Prof. Arjen Y. Hoekstra

Dear Colleagues,

In November last year, Arjen Y. Hoekstra unexpectedly passed away. Both we, the tenured staff of his research group, and the leading editors of the journal Water (of which Arjen had been Editor-in-Chief) thought it would be appropriate to commemorate this sad event with a Special Issue consisting of papers from his dearest colleagues and appearing or being completed one year after Arjen’s passing. We invited colleagues with whom Arjen collaborated closely and jointly published in the various stages of his career and asked them to focus their contributions on the wide range of subjects of his interest.

That interest always centered around global or large-scale aspects of water management, with most attention to essential dilemmas and fundamental choices. Contributions are intended to address conceptual aspects such as the value of water, sustainability, equity, efficiency and resilience, but also specific domains within the water–food–energy nexus and specific geographical areas.

Contributions will review these topics, also including Arjen’s contributions, but above all they shall show their societal relevance and academic advancements, which so fascinated and inspired Arjen and which in turn made him inspire us.

Dr. Maarten S. Krol
Dr. ir. Martijn J. Booij
Dr. Ranran Wang
Dr. Joep F. Schyns
Dr. Rick (H.)J. Hogeboom
Dr. Fatemeh Karandish
Guest Editors

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