The Interrelationship between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes (3rd Edition)

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 60

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College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
Interests: drought; climate change; hydrological models
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1. State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute at the University of Maryland-College Park, 5825 University Research Court, Suite 3500, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Interests: urban soil hydrology; soil retention curve; soil carbon cycle; global change; soil respiration; meta-analysis
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Dear Colleagues,

Climate change affects hydrological processes through factors such as temperature, humidity and precipitation and, in the context of climate change, human activities will also cause corresponding hydrological effects. With the increase in social productivity, the increase in land use intensity and the increasingly complex forms of land use, the impact of land use/land cover changes on hydrology and water resources has gradually deepened. The changes in hydrological processes and their impact mechanisms are complex. On the one hand, climate change and human activities affect the hydrological process; on the other hand, changes in hydrological processes will further affect the climate and human activities. This bi-directionality and uncertainty make research more complicated and it is precisely because of this complexity that there have been many related studies. However, the questions of how climate change and human activities affect hydrological processes, and how hydrological processes react to climate change and human activities, still leave many issues to be resolved. Authors from hydrological research communities around the world are welcome to submit appropriate manuscripts. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

  1. The hydrological effects of climate change and human activities;
  2. The influence of hydrological factors on climate and human activities;
  3. Hydrological processes and hydrological ecology;
  4. Interactions between climate change, human activities and hydrological processes;
  5. Drought or heatwave characteristics caused by climate change or human activities;
  6. Water security issues caused by climate change and human activities;
  7. Changes in the hydrological processes of vegetation, soil and rock caused by climate change and human activities.

Dr. Qianfeng Wang
Dr. Haijun Deng
Dr. Jinshi Jian
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • hydrological processes
  • water resources
  • vegetation
  • soil
  • rock
  • drought
  • heatwaves
  • mutual effects

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