Water Governance: Current Status and Future Trends

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: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 4037

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Prof. Dr. Robert Patrick

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Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8, Canada
Interests: watershed planning; source water protection; indigenous people
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Dear Colleagues,

Water governance has been identified as a necessary prerequisite for the effective planning and management of water resources. At all scales of inquiry, from the local and regional to state-level inquiry, good water governace is critical for the protection of human health and aquatic habitiats. It is also essential to ensuring environmental justice regarding access to clean, safe, and affordable water for global communities. But what is good water governance and what examples help answer this question? What are the current barriers to good water governance and what are some opportunities that lay ahead? This Special Issues is dedicated to the current status of water and wastewater governance with a view to current practices and future trends. We welcome papers that help to answer these questions by providing current research, case studies, or literature reviews that engage with water governance.

Prof. Dr. Robert Patrick
Guest Editor

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Keywords

water
wastewater
governance
environmental justice
water management
water planning
watersheds

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