Future of Water: Local, Regional and Global Best Practice

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to include high quality papers that contribute to our understanding on the increased necessity for efficiency in the use of water in the urban environment, particularly in the building water cycle that is becoming more imperative in Europe, where cities are facing a range of pressures resulting from population growth, climate change and deterioration of urban infrastructure systems. Some water efficiency measures can contribute not only to savings in drinking water consumption but also to energy efficiency and flood/drought control. This makes it imperative to reflect on current solutions, explore blue-sky ideas to support best practices in urban water management, based on greater efficiency in water use.

Theoretical and empirical studies on resilience through cooperation and innovation, water efficiency and water-energy nexus are also sought and encouraged.

Dr. Carla Pimental Rodrigues
Prof. Armando Silva Afonso
Dr. Kemi Adeyeye
Guest Editors

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