Advance in Water Management and Water Policy Research

Dear Colleagues,

Policy-setting, decision-making, and policy implementation in water sectors are driven by complex and competitive interactions among actors. Apart from the impact of climate changes, asymmetric power relations, limited availability of water resources, socio-cultural and socio-economic imbalances impair the prospect of sustainable water governance in many parts of the world. However, the global collaboration of political actors, academics, and activities could advance water policies in sustainable and comprehensive directions.

In addition to climate change, environmental management conditions also have an impact on the sustainability of water resources. Environmental damages in various parts of the world also affect policies and sustainable management of water resources. Limited access to water resources in a sustainable manner will have a serious impact on economic sectors, such as agriculture and plantations, forestry, fisheries, including sustainable community food security. One thing that is no less important is the need for sustainable environmental policies and management as a buffer for the future of water resources for human life around the world. This Special Issue aims to introduce some of these advances by addressing paradigmatic shifts in questions of privatization, public ownership, and common resource management; by investigating new and emergent forms of contentious water politics, by fostering new ways of analyzing water policies. The contributions may deal with different scales and dimensions of water management and water policy, such as hydro-diplomacy, the political economy of the water sector, policies on the water for food, water extractivism regimes, lawmaking on water, issues of WASH, and public health under conditions of the pandemic, and environmental justice themes connected to water.

Dr. Sisira S. Withanachchi
Dr. Olcay Ünver
Dr. Hotden Leonardo Nainggolan
Dr. Sören Köpke
Guest Editors

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