Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 449
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forest hydrology; watershed management; natural flood management
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, forest hydrology as a biogeoscience has made remarkable progress, and the accumulation of scientific knowledge is becoming enormous. However, findings in this field have not been implemented in society as an institution, and their value has not been evaluated economically. In the real world, watersheds are attracting renewed attention as spatial units for sustainable human society. Traditionally, watershed management has been divided into separate areas, such as flood control, surface water, groundwater, riverine environments, agricultural land, and forests. However, there is now a need to integrate research and policies across these fields. In this Special Issue, we aim to explore how forest hydrology can be implemented in watershed management by gathering diverse papers. These papers will cover the latest research findings on water cycle processes and mechanisms in forest hydrology, highlight the importance of the water cycle in sustainable forest management, and demonstrate the application of forest hydrology findings in society through institutional and economic mechanisms. We hope to find a way to implement forest hydrology in watershed management. We welcome contributions of case studies, not only from researchers, but also from administrative and technical staff in the field.
Prof. Dr. Koichiro Kuraji
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- economics of watershed management
- forest hydrology
- natural disaster prevension
- natural flood management
- sustainable forest management
- watershed management
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