Economic Hydrology

Dear Colleagues,

Continuos economic development, population growth, rise of middle class and changes in consumer behavior and consumption patterns worldwide exert increasing pressure on already scarce water supplies. Many countries are facing challenges of sustaining water security that in many cases directly translates into food security issues. Rising water stress and increasing supply variability, flooding, inadequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and water pollution are creating a drag on economic growth (OECD, 2016).

The song verses say that money makes the world go around, but to which degree does it also move the water sector? How are economic forces shaping hydrological cycles of terrestrial environments and vice-versa? This special issue is an investigation of the role of economics in the hydrological processes and how evidence-based research could provide decision-makers with credible, consistent information to make good policies for socioeconomic progress.

Guest editors look forward manuscripts in the following focus areas (but not limited to):

1. Economics of water resources allocation among and within competitive uses and users (sectors of economy, riparians in transboundary basins),
2. Economics of water distribution and relocation,
3. Economic processes impacting global, regional and local water cycles,
4. Economics of protection from exceeding hydrological events,
5. Economics of water quality,
6. Role of economics in water management policy-making.

Asist. Prof. Dr. Matjaž GLAVAN
Dr. Shokhrukh-Mirzo JALILOV
Guest Editors

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• hydrology
• economics
• water resources management
• water cycle
• water distribution
• water quality
• water policy