Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research (AEER) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. This periodical is devoted to publishing high-quality peer-reviewed papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of environmental science and engineering. Work at any scale, from molecular biology to ecology, is welcomed.
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- Atmospheric pollutants
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Special Issue
Trends and Technologies in Integrated Water Resource Management: Challenges and Solutions for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
Submission Deadline:
January 15, 2027 (Open)
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Guest Editor
Tarun Kumar Lohani, PhD
Professor, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
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Research Interests: Geoscience; Groundwater Hydrology; Environmental Engineering; Land use & Land cover change; Wastewater Engineering; Water Resources Management; Soil Science
About This Topic
This special issue will address the critical and escalating issue of water scarcity for drinking, agriculture, and industrial purposes under arid and semiarid regions across the globe. The most affected are the developing countries who are even deprived of getting clean and fresh water at least for drinking and domestic purposes. Recurrent climate change, erratic rainfall, and lack of technical knowhow have become a big challenge for the people living in these regions. Drying rivers and frequent change in the course of rivers augment the tragedies, especially to the farmers whose only way of livelihood is farming. Though groundwater is an alternate source of water resources, but in many cases, it is bit expensive to exploit underground water and in other cases the groundwater aquifers remain at a higher depth which becomes inaccessible. Various methodologies, modeling, and other technologies have become the alternative to overcome from this situation.
Contributions are invited in the form of original research, review articles, short communications, and perspective papers that cover a wide range of topics from recent trends and innovations in water resources engineering and management in various forms to face the challenges and suggestions and applications for the remedial measures. Furthermore, the issue will emphasize the need for innovative technological advancements, standardized monitoring protocols, and effective mitigation strategies to overcome from the water scarcity.
Highlights of the topics included in this special issue are, but not limited to:
Standardization of monitoring techniques for water resources;
Application of AI and machine learning approach in water resources engineering;
Agriculture under water deficient environment;
Sustainable water resources management;
Innovative approaches to study the water scarcity and suggestions for remedial measures;
Cutting-edge technologies for environmental susceptibility
Keywords
- Water resources management
- Modeling approaches
- Data availability and their judicious uses
- Mitigation strategies
- Emerging technologies
- Demand and Supply of water for the community
- Pollution and their remedial measures
- Environmental related issues
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (aeer@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.
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Abstract
The research aimed to assess the urban water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems enabling environment in ten selected Ethiopian secondary cities. It comprises Adama, Bahir Dar, Bishoftu, Dessie, Dire Dawa, Harar, Hawassa, Kombolcha, Mekelle, and Shashemene cities. The study used a two-phase assessment, integrating the USAID Urban WASH [...]
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