Watershed Hydrology and Sustainable Water Environments
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 2433
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable management of water resources; hydrology, riparian ecology and ecosystems restoration; fluvial geomorphology; biological and environmental sciences; water pollution and non-point pollutants; climate change and riparian areas; management of torrents; urban streams; nature-based solutions; ecosystem-based approaches; flood management; drought management; aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems; protected areas
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Interests: hydrologic modeling; watershed management; natural disasters (e.g., floods); underground water resources; Geographic Information Systems; Remote Sensing; UAVs on water resources for surface velocity and water discharge; UAVs on water resources to map geomorphological changes; UAVs for environmental monitoring
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Interests: ecology; conservation; biodiversity; sustainable ecosystems; protected areas; SDGs; wildlife conservation; landscape ecology; ecohydrology; ecophysiology; ecosystem services; wetlands; ecotourism; environmental conservation and restoration; sustainable management; seedling production; urban forestry; climate change
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A watershed is a fundamental concept of hydrology, i.e., the science that studies water. The hydrologic cycle and its components (precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, soil water, groundwater, and streamflow) should be studied at a watershed scale to achieve sustainable management. These processes are complicated in the spatial and temporal scale of the physical environment. Furthermore, the climatic crisis and human activities increase the complexity of these processes, driving hydrologic change and more intense and severe catastrophic phenomena (e.g., droughts, floods, torrential flows, etc.).
This Special Issue attempts to provide fundamental hydrologic research with the intention of understanding current experimental watershed challenges and helping sustainable water management. Water is a limited resource, and without understanding these watershed challenges, it will be impossible to sustainably manage this resource for future generations. Understanding watershed challenges and processes will allow us to more effectively implement nature-based solutions and ecosystem approaches that will allow us to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals along with EU Green Deal objectives.
We invite researchers to contribute original research papers as well as review articles and empirical studies, which will stimulate debate and promote innovation in the monitoring and management of the topic. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Integrated watershed management;
- Sustainable water environment;
- Inland waters;
- Hydrologic modeling;
- Flood risk;
- Urban hydrology;
- Degradation of riparian zones;
- Climate change and water resources;
- Water pollution;
- Watershed ecohydrology;
- Watershed ecosystem protection and restoration;
- Nature-based solutions for water bodies;
- Aquatic ecosystem-based approaches;
- Water resources and sustainable production/conservation;
- Management of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems;
- Water, energy, food, and ecosystems NEXUS;
- EU Green Deal.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. George Nick Zaimes
Dr. Paschalis Koutalakis
Dr. Valasia Iakovoglou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- erosion
- water quality
- riparian area
- pollution
- nature-based solutions
- anthropogenic pressures
- urbanization
- climate change
- ecosystem services
- sustainable development goals
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