About the Journal

The journal establishes an integrated understanding of the interface between natural processes of water resources and inland water ecosystems with their human domains. Incorporating broad themes concerning ecology of inland water ecosystems and perspectives regarding sustainable utilizations of the water resources. Science on inland water ecosystems is an applied multi/interdisciplinary field relating to efforts to monitor, manage, and restore both fresh and brackish water ecosystems. The journal thus underlines significant work that draws on and incorporates elements of hydrology, meteorology, ecology, limnology, ecological economics, and social environmental sciences related to water resources and inland water ecosystems.

The journal allows for both monodisciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions and a broad range of methodological approaches, thus appealing to diverse readers. Specific research areas covered include: modeling the impacts of management scenarios (socio-economics-ecological-hydrological impacts); simulation of the alteration of the quality of inland water ecosystems (long-term data series); novel approaches for alternative utilization of inland water ecosystems; the development of novel indices/ criteria to assess the quality of inland water ecosystems; assessments of the economic value of inland water ecosystems’ ecosystem services; the advances of alternative governance to sustainably manage inland water ecosystems; progress on alternative conservation strategies for inland water ecosystems; the development of alternative technologies to mitigate impacts of anthropogenic activities on inland water ecosystems; the advances of technologies to rehabilitate and to restore the quality of inland water ecosystems, water disaster risks and disaster preparedness, resiliencies of water infrastructure and management. Further, research on water resources is concerned with the conservation of quantity and quality of water.  Thus, topics related to water resources such: water resources management, water resources information system, water policies and planning, hydrology and hydrogeology, water quality and environment, hydraulics, water and wastewater treatment sustainability, resilience, and adaptation of water resources and infrastructure to uncertain and evolving environments, surface and groundwater resources will be important key part from the journal.