About this Research Topic
According to a recent UN global water security assessment, most of the world’s population alarmingly lives in water-insecure areas, overriding their economic, social and cultural rights. The application of the UN-Water definition of water security along the availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality and governance (AAAQG) framework shows that almost 72% of the population faces water insecurity, not only in least developed countries but paradoxically also in developed nations.
This Research Topic (RT) starts a series of discussions aimed at identifying such paradoxes that have yet to be unpacked and offer solutions to emergent patterns of global water security crises. The intention is to raise the profile of discourse on water security by making it more lively, appealing and engaging through a combination of perspective papers followed by an online debate between a panel of authors and the wider water human system community.
Experts are invited to submit perspective pieces between July and November 2024 that elaborate on one or more water security challenges through examples or case studies, unpack the issues along the AAAQG framework and identify scientific or action oriented questions that need to be addressed.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts addressing, but not limited to, the following:
(i) identify key drivers of water security beyond economic prosperity or water abundance
(ii) evaluate the effectiveness of new technologies or interventions focusing on how efficiently using water could lead to water security
(iii) address how data and information gaps needs can be bridged to better assess water security, e.g. at finer scales
(iv) consider the role of culture and disciplinary agnostic approaches and teams in resolving water security challenges
Once published in Frontiers in Water, the perspective pieces will be followed up by webinar with a panel of invited authors in early January 2025. This will launch a series of discussions on various relevant water problems, creating a new initiative in collaboration with Frontiers and the water human system community. This initiative will invite a diverse group researchers to accelerate cross-pollination of the needed scholarship to tackle water security challenges through similar combinations of RTs and online town halls.
This Research Topic (RT) starts a series of discussions aimed at identifying such paradoxes that have yet to be unpacked and offer solutions to emergent patterns of global water security crises. The intention is to raise the profile of discourse on water security by making it more lively, appealing and engaging through a combination of perspective papers followed by an online debate between a panel of authors and the wider water human system community.
Experts are invited to submit perspective pieces between July and November 2024 that elaborate on one or more water security challenges through examples or case studies, unpack the issues along the AAAQG framework and identify scientific or action oriented questions that need to be addressed.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts addressing, but not limited to, the following:
(i) identify key drivers of water security beyond economic prosperity or water abundance
(ii) evaluate the effectiveness of new technologies or interventions focusing on how efficiently using water could lead to water security
(iii) address how data and information gaps needs can be bridged to better assess water security, e.g. at finer scales
(iv) consider the role of culture and disciplinary agnostic approaches and teams in resolving water security challenges
Once published in Frontiers in Water, the perspective pieces will be followed up by webinar with a panel of invited authors in early January 2025. This will launch a series of discussions on various relevant water problems, creating a new initiative in collaboration with Frontiers and the water human system community. This initiative will invite a diverse group researchers to accelerate cross-pollination of the needed scholarship to tackle water security challenges through similar combinations of RTs and online town halls.
Keywords: Perspectives, Water security, water-insecure areas, economics, social rights, water quality, water availability, water governance
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
