Special Issue on 

Water Resources Planning and Management

Water resource management encompasses a wide range of disciplines and expertise, which focuses on the planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources. It includes integrated water resources management, drinking water and irrigation water management, groundwater mapping and surface water monitoring, modelling of the hydrologic cycle, river basin management, public policy, water resources protection and so on. The goal of this special issue is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in the area of Water Resources Planning and Management.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring Water Resources Planning and Management. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Water and energy
• Water and sanitation
• Water and sustainable cities
• Water management techniques
• Water politics
• Water resource allocation
• Water supply and sanitation
• Water and disaster risk management
• River management
• Simulation and modelling of water resource systems
• Urban water systems
• Aquaculture and water resource management
• Water and wastewater treatment
• Climate change and water quality
• Agriculture water management

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly specify the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title. The research field “Special Issue - Water Resources Planning and Management” should be selected during your submission.

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For further questions or inquiries, please contact Editorial Assistant at

jwarp@scirp.org.