Water-Regional ISIMIP: are you interested in our next topic?
24 September 2024
During the ISIMIP (InterSectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project) Workshop in April 2024 we agreed on a new topic for future research of the Water-Regional sector of ISIMIP: "Climate change induced threats to water security", which could be related to floods, droughts, water scarcity, etc. We hope that research on this topic will result in the next (fourth!) Special Issue of Water-Regional international team. The third SI (called Topical Collection) is published recently in Climatic Change.
After the Workshop we did a quick search for Water Security indicators, and found some suitable formulas, which could be applied: please see four examples in the attached file. There are also several reviews on tools/approaches for measuring water security:
- Thanti Octavianti et al., A review of 80 assessment tools measuring water security, Wiley, doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1516
- Juliana Marcal et al., Addressing Water Security: An Overview, MDPI Sustainability, 2021, doi.org/10.3390/su132413702
- Mukand Babel et al., A framework for water security assessment at basin scale, APN Science Bulletin 8 (1), www.apn-gcr.org/bulletin
In our opinion, there is no sense to choose just one Water Security Indicator to be used in all regions and river basins. Besides, water security related to floods needs a special approach, where indices related to water scarcity are not suitable. So, potential authors have a freedom to choose, which approach/indicator is most suitable for their case study area and research problem.
Those who would be potentially interested in this topic and are willing to do research and contribute a paper to our next SI have to respond by 15.10 about:
- their general interest to the topic and publication of a paper,
- possible case study region or river basin(s),
- problems related to floods, droughts and water scarcity in this region.
After getting responses we intend to organise a virtual Workshop to discuss further steps with potential authors.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Valentina Krysanova and Fred Hattermann