Sustainable Urban Planning: Management and Uses of Water from a Historical Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable urban planning related to water and its uses is crucial in supporting global and local development addressed from a holistic perspective including long-term analysis. Population growth is affected by long cycles of economic activity, which, together with well-being levels, both determine water consumption. Currently, we regard water as a basic resource for human life, which must be managed as a scarce commodity with increasing value to cope with the most important and urgent challenges such as environmental protection, the maintenance of its quality and quantity, as well as territorial conflicts; therefore, it is in the common interest to ensure its sustainable development in an increasingly urban world.

This Special Issue aims to extend the current body of knowledge by presenting the latest integral insights in the field of sustainable urban planning according to management and the uses of water from a historical perspective. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following, considering long-term perspectives:

• Economy, land use policies, and the legal regime of land and water;
• Water supply to cities, agriculture, industry, or other uses;
• Heritage, architecture, engineering, and hydraulic structures;
• Surface, groundwater, and non-conventional resources.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Patricia Fernández-Aracil
Guest Editor

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• land use
• water management
• economy
• heritage
• history