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Research on the Watershed Scale Water Storage and Drought Response under Environmental Change

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4161

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Hsin-Fu Yeh

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Department of Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Interests: hillslope hydrology; groundwater recharge; unsaturated soil; isotopes hydrology
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Dr. Chien-Chung Ke

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Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: groundwater resources investigstion; hydrogeology; landslide hazard evaluation
Dr. Jhe-Wei Lee

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Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
Interests: two phase flow; soil consolidation; groundwater

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, climate change and land-use change have widely been discussed as key factors in the hydrological impact of environmental change. Climate change has altered the spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation and evapotranspiration by intensifying the water cycle from the global to catchment scale. Land-use change is mainly the result of human activities which have altered interception loss, infiltration, and flow paths, affecting the surface runoff process. Hydrometeorological behaviors change the relationship among land cover, evapotranspiration, effective infiltration, etc. showing the complexity of the hydrologic impact of environmental changes. Thus, it is critical to explore the environmental impact on hydrologic processes, especially for water resource management. Because of the impact of climate change, water resources are gradually being reduced, and the frequency of drought events is increasing. This indicates that the global rainfall pattern has changed dramatically. However, drought events not only cause environmental changes but also have serious impacts on social economies and agricultural development. The main goal of this Special Issue is to bring together studies on watershed-scale water storage and drought response under environmental change in different regions of the world.

Dr. Hsin-Fu Yeh
Dr. Chien-Chung Ke
Dr. Jhe-Wei Lee
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Keywords

  • environmental change
  • climate change, hydrological processes
  • water resources
  • anthropogenic impacts
  • drought
  • groundwater storage

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Measures to Cope with the Impact of Climate Change and Drought in the Island Region: A Study of the Water Literacy Awareness, Attitude, and Behavior of the Taiwanese Public
by Jo-Hung Yu, Hsiao-Hsien Lin, Yu-Chih Lo, Kuan-Chieh Tseng and Chin-Hsien Hsu
Water 2021, 13(13), 1799; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w13131799 - 29 Jun 2021
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This study assessed people’s water literacy awareness, attitudes, and behaviors to iden-tify strategies for coping with drought and water scarcity. The data from 653 questionnaires were analyzed by statistical validation and using IBM SPSS 22 and IBM AMOS 26.0. The views of students, [...] Read more.
This study assessed people’s water literacy awareness, attitudes, and behaviors to iden-tify strategies for coping with drought and water scarcity. The data from 653 questionnaires were analyzed by statistical validation and using IBM SPSS 22 and IBM AMOS 26.0. The views of students, housewives, swimming pool owners, schoolteachers, and experts were collected and finally examined by multivariate validation analysis. People have a high level of water literacy and developed sufficient water-saving habits (4.60). Although most people believe that tap water is of good quality, it is difficult to deliver and expensive, and cannot be consumed directly. Even though people are aware of the water shortage crisis, willing to carry water bottles instead of using plastic bottled water, choosing to buy environmentally friendly cleaning products (4.08), performing water conservation behaviors on the go, taking showers within 6–15 min, and taking the initiative to notify the relevant authorities to repair water facilities, the frequency of using bottled water is still high due to work and living habits, consumption ability, and mobility constraints (34.6), and they are less willing to buy products with the “water proficiency label” (4.08) and participate in stream-cleaning activities (3.57). The willingness to participate in water purification activities is low. The public also feels that the government is responsible for solving the current water shortage crisis (3.71). There are significant differences in the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of water literacy among people of different genders, ages, and regions, depending on their work and consumption abilities, quality of life, and convenience (p < 0.05). Increasing water responsibility can enhance environmental management actions, consumer economic actions, and civic actions, while enhancing water perceptions and crisis awareness can further strengthen civic behaviors. Full article
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