Water Governance Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Water Resources Management

This Special Issue of Water will focus on the relationship of water governance practices and stakeholder engagement approaches to the development evaluation and adoption of solutions to water management challenges. It is well recognized that the human dimensions of considering alternative water management scenarios and policy options are as least as important as their engineering hydrological and financial aspects. Identifying good governance practices and successful stakeholder engagement approaches can assist decision makers and water managers as they grapple with meeting the multiple environmental economic and societal objectives associated with sustainable water management. Papers are solicited that connect governance and/or stakeholder engagement approaches to the identification characterization and/or adoption of sustainable water management strategies including conservation focused flood risk reduction and technological solutions. The Guest Editors will consider papers addressing water governance and stakeholder engagement at all geographic scales including transboundary. Papers addressing surface water groundwater and/or integrated water resources management are of interest as are papers that examine indicators for governance and stakeholder engagement practices.