Call for Papers Special Issue: Impact of Climate Change on Virtual and Green Water in Arid Watersheds
The International Journal of Hydro Climatic Engineering invites original research articles, critical reviews, technical notes, and case studies for a forthcoming Special Issue on “Impact of Climate Change on Virtual and Green Water in Arid Watersheds.”
Arid and semi-arid watersheds are particularly vulnerable to climate-driven shifts in precipitation, evapotranspiration, drought frequency, land-use dynamics, groundwater dependence, and agricultural water demand. These changes directly affect green water—the soil moisture available for vegetation and rain-fed production—and virtual water—the water embedded in agricultural, industrial, and traded products.
Understanding the interconnected roles of climate variability, watershed processes, food production, trade, and water allocation is essential for strengthening water, food, energy, and ecosystem security in water-limited regions. This Special Issue seeks to advance interdisciplinary research, modelling approaches, decision-support tools, and policy perspectives that can support climate-resilient management of arid watersheds.
Topics of Interest
- Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Climate-change impacts on green-water availability, soil moisture, and rain-fed agriculture
- Virtual-water flows, trade, accounting, and water-footprint assessment
- Climate-driven changes in evapotranspiration, crop water requirements, and irrigation demand
- Drought assessment, propagation, monitoring, and early-warning systems in arid basins
- Hydrological and crop-modelling applications under future climate scenarios
- Remote sensing and GIS-based assessment of green water, blue water, and virtual-water dynamics
- Groundwater–surface-water interactions under changing climatic and land-use conditions
- Water–food–energy–ecosystem nexus in dryland and water-scarce regions
- Climate-resilient agricultural practices, deficit irrigation, and soil-moisture conservation
- Effects of land-use/land-cover change on watershed water balance and ecosystem services
- Virtual-water trade as an adaptation strategy for water-scarce regions
- Water allocation, governance, and policy instruments for climate adaptation
- Machine learning, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and decision-support systems for arid-watershed management
- Uncertainty analysis, downscaling, bias correction, and ensemble climate-impact assessment
- Indigenous knowledge, community adaptation, and socio-hydrological perspectives on water scarcity
Manuscript Types
The Special Issue welcomes:
- Original research articles
- Review articles
- Short communications and technical notes
- Data papers and methodological studies
- Policy and perspective papers with a strong scientific basis
- Regional and comparative case studies from arid and semi-arid watersheds worldwide
Submission Information
Authors should prepare manuscripts in accordance with the journal’s author guidelines and submit through the International Journal of Hydro Climatic Engineering online submission system. During submission, please select or mention the Special Issue title:
“Impact of Climate Change on Virtual and Green Water in Arid Watersheds.”
All submitted manuscripts will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process. Acceptance will be based on scientific quality, originality, relevance to the Special Issue, and clarity of presentation.
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