Integrated Circular Economy of Water: Efficient and Effective Solutions for Problems Stemmed from Water Scarcity
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Use and Scarcity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 624
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Interests: business; finance and tourism; resource and service management, natural resource, sustainable rural development, water resources management, financial economics; accounting and management; sustainability; entrepreneurship; innovation; quality and environmental management systems.
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water is a finite natural resource, essential for life on the planet, in such a way that guaranteeing the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) promoted by the UN. Water in its natural environment follows a circular model that ensures water resources by regulating the flow of water and ensuring water quality. However, in human-managed systems that follow a linear model of economic growth, water degrades qualitatively after use, becoming unfit for further use by both humans and ecosystems. Under the current model of consumption, the depletion of water resources is a reality that we will face if we do not promote a paradigm shift.
In recent years, the circular economy model, which aligns economic results with environmental ones, has been the center of attention among political and business leaders, and is presented as a sustainable alternative to the current model of production and consumption (linear economy). At the same time, it opens business opportunities and economic growth with innovation as a key element. Its objective is that the value of products and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible, minimizing the generation of waste.
Manuscripts are welcome that address the circular economy of water as a process that involves, through the application of technical–social tools and the commitment of all the agents involved, closing the cycle and making the system regenerative through its design so that the water remains of good quality, generating important benefits: efficient allocation of the resource, reducing pressure on natural systems, minimizing negative externalities on natural systems, regenerating natural capital or less energy use.
For this Special Issue, papers are requested that address, among others, the following topics:
- Water footprint: blue, green, grey.
- Wastewater treatment/reclamation/recycling.
- Water conservation.
- Water management.
- Water supply.
- Energy efficiency.
- Hydraulics and hydrological cycle.
- Water sector: agriculture, industry, urban.
- Integrated water resources management.
- Water engineering.
- Water technology.
- Water innovation.
- Water scarcity.
- Monitoring.
- Water resources planning.
- Water economy.
- Water quality.
In summary, this Special Issue invites the submission of articles examining trends and initiatives in Integrated Circular Economy of Water, employing original methodologies and offering interesting empirical insights and novel theoretical contributions and reviews.
Prof. Dr. José Álvarez-García
Dr. Amador Durán-Sánchez
Prof. Dr. María de la Cruz del Río-Rama
Dr. Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- water management
- water resources
- water supply
- water engineering and technology
- circular economy
- hydrological cycle
- sustainable development
- wastewater
- recycling
- planning
- economics
- water quality
