Abstract
The World Economic Forum has consistently ranked water crises as one of the top five most impactful issues facing humanity, alongside but not completely separate from issues such as climate change and natural disasters (World Economic Forum, 2019). A growing population and changing climate will only further stress the constrained water system. Acute and ongoing societal disruptions, caused by significant declines in the available quality and quantity of fresh water around the globe, underscore the importance of water to human life and a functional society. The papers in this special issue highlight the role that regional scientists can and should play in informed decision-making related to water at the local, regional, and national scale.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 184-189 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Review of Regional Studies |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Southern Regional Science Association 2019.
Keywords
- Integrated analysis
- Open science
- Regional science
- Water
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth-Surface Processes
