Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Management
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 January 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface hydrology; water resource management and engineering; climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources; extreme hydrological events (floods and droughts)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: climate change adaptation; climate change impacts on water resources; integrated water resources management; coastal water resources; bias correction; groundwater; nitrate pollution; seawater intrusion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change presents unprecedented challenges to the availability, quality, and distribution of water resources and management worldwide, from altered hydrological cycles and extreme events to rising competition for water across sectors. This Special Issue will focus on innovative approaches, tools, and strategies for adapting to climate change within the field of water resource management from high-quality, original research and reviews that address how water resource management systems and society can adapt to climate-induced stressors through science, policy, and practice.
We invite the submission of contributions that explore the following topics:
- Adaptive governance and water policy reforms;
- Integrated water resource management (IWRM);
- Innovative modeling and decision-support tools;
- Nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation;
- Case studies on urban, agricultural, or transboundary water adaptation;
- Adaptation to climate change and extreme hydrological events induced;
- Water resource systems in transition;
- Water quality under climate stressors;
- Socioeconomic and equity considerations.
This Special Issue aims to foster a cross-disciplinary dialog, improve resilience in water systems, and inform decision-making under future climate scenarios. It seeks to bridge scientific research with practical applications, supporting adaptive decision-making in water resource planning under uncertainty. It will contribute to the ongoing discourse on sustainable water management and climate resilience by bringing together interdisciplinary insights from engineering, hydrology, environmental sciences, and policy frameworks for water resource sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Athanasios Loukas
Dr. Aikaterini Lyra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change adaptation
- water resources management, policy and governance
- hydrological modeling
- groundwater
- climate downscaling
- integrated water resources management (IWRM)
- seawater intrusion
- water quality
- sustainable water systems
- agricultural catchment
- floods
- droughts
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