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WATER SECURITY AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.2 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.4 ISSN: 2468-3124 DESCRIPTION . Water Security aims to publish papers that contribute to a better understanding of the economic, social, biophysical, technological, and institutional influencers of current and future global water security. At the same time the journal intends to stimulate debate, backed by science, with strong interdisciplinary connections. The goal is to publish concise and timely reviews and synthesis articles about research covering the following elements of water security: Shortage Flooding Governance Health and Sanitation Shortage Reviews should reflect on the ever changing mosaic of water shortage, that is, variations in availability and the mismatch between availability, on the one hand, and access and demand for ever more water, on the other. Reviews may scrutinize concepts, models, sets of data, etc. that have been used, what results have been achieved, what kind of understanding is missing and reliability and validity of results. Reviews are welcome of the links between academic and other kinds of knowledge systems, e.g. research from the corporate sector (that has considerable research capacity) and how the (joint) understanding evolves about significant challenges and how to deal with them, like competition, conflict, collaboration and how to best use the varying water resources. Flooding This includes all types of flooding, such as coastal floods, river floods, flash floods or glacier outburst floods, and encompasses the causes, development and impacts of flood events. Contributions scrutinize the understanding and quantification of flood hazard, exposure and vulnerability, the interactions and feedbacks between different components, and the dynamic nature of flood risk systems. Emerging issues, such as large-scale and long-term consequences of flooding, e.g. via supply chain interruptions, are covered. The variety of risk reduction measures from precautionary measures, forecasting and early warning to emergency measures and reconstruction, and how these measures are embedded in the political, cultural and economic context are reflected. Reviews on the uncertainty and validation of risk assessments given the scarcity of observations about extreme events are of particular interest. Governance Water security is conditioned by institutions, policy, and management. This theme primarily addresses human dimensions of water security in relation to surface water, groundwater, wastewater, and desalination. It considers politics, economics and finance, access, social equity, ethics, risk, AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 30 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/wasec 1 adaptation, ecosystem services, and related topics. Because water, energy, food, ecosystems, and climate security are inextricably linked, this theme also addresses nexus challenges. Health and Sanitation Reviews within this theme explore linkages between public health and the quality, quantity, and reliability of water supplies, as well as the public-health impacts of excreta and wastewater management and re-use. It also intersects with the themes of shortage and flooding by focusing on the public-health impacts of both extreme events and gradual shifts in climate. Reviews within this theme may also explore more indirect water security-health connections, such as the public health impacts of productive water use, conflict over water resources, and water source development. ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Scopus INSPEC EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Upmanu Lall, Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States of America Hydrology, climate dynamics, water resource systems analysis, risk management and sustainability Section Editors Susan J. Elliott, University of Waterloo Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, Canada Water, Sanitation, Gender, Global Health Bruno Merz, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Hydrological Extremes, Risk Management, Hazard Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, Monitoring and Simulation of Hydrological and Hydraulic Processes, Nonstationary Risk, Multi-Risk Assessment Christopher A. Scott, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States of America Water security, global change, water-energy-food nexus, climate adaptation, urban/ agricultural water use Editorial Advisory Board Karen Bakker, The University of British Columbia Department of Geography, Vancouver, Canada Biodiversity, Ecology, Politics | Cities, Economies, Transnational Flows | Climate, Science, Change, Action | Digital Geographies, Geospatial Analysis, GIS | Knowledge, Ideas, Practices | Power, Colonialism, Justice | Water, Ice, Landscapes Paul Bates, University of Bristol Faculty of Science, Bristol, United Kingdom Flooding, flood risk, uncertainty, climate change, hydrology Daniel Bena, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom Corporate Water Stewardship , UNSDG6 (Water), Water treatment and chemistry, Water safety and quality, Provision of safe water to developing markets using small, decentralized systems Giulio Boccaletti, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, United States of America Environmental and economic sustainability, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Xi-Ming Cai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States of America Food-energy-water systems analysis, Reservoir operation, Drought management, river basin management , Human impacts on hydrologic processes, Complex system modeling Greg Characklis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, United States of America Water Resource Management, Water Resource Economics, Financial Risk Managementa Anders Jagerskog, World Bank, Washington, United States of America Transboundary water management, Water Resources Management, Water Policy, Water Governance, Water and Conflict Wendy Jepson, Texas A&M University Texas Water Resources Institute, College Station, United States of America Household water security, urban water, water governance, regional (Latin America), international development F. (Frans) Klijn, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands Flood risk management, river management, policy analysis, planning, landscape ecology AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 30 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/wasec 2 Heidi Kreibich, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Flood risk assessment, Flood vulnerability analysis and loss modelling, Flood damage mitigation and risk management, Multi risk assessments Bruce Alistair Lankford, University of East Anglia School of International Development, Norwich, United Kingdom Irrigation policy, irrigation science, water security, serious games, river basin management, catchment resilience Roberto L. Lenton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Lincoln, United States of America Water governance and policy, water security, water management, water and development, agricultural water management Hui Lu, Sun Yat-Sen University School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou, China Denitrification, Nitrification, Wastewater Treatment, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Water and Wastewater Treatment Aditi Mukherji, International Water Management Institute, New Delhi, India Water governance, groundwater, water-energy-food nexus, climate change adaptation, community management of water resources, water institutions and policies, renewable Energy for agriculture Sally Priest, Middlesex University Faculty of Science and Technology, London, United Kingdom Social aspects of natural hazard risk management and climate change adaptation, Recovery from hazard events, Flood warning dissemination, Science-policy links in flood risk management, Flood maps as tools for risk comm Will Sarni Value of water, innovations in digital water technology, the circular economy, and the energy-water- food nexus Olcay Ünver, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Land & Water Division, Rome, Italy Water management Olli Varis, Aalto University Department of Built Environment, ESPOO, Finland Governance, Water Resources, Water Engineering, Large River Basins, Water Resources Management, Social and Environmental Impact Assessment,Water and Security Studies Mark Zeitoun, UEA Water Security Research Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom Transboundary water, water and war, water security, water policy, WASH, water and health Fan Zhang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Alpine hydrology, soil erosion, sediment transport, hydrogeochemistry, hydrological modeling AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 30 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/wasec 3 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . INTRODUCTION Water Security aims to publish papers that contribute to a better understanding of the economic, social, biophysical, technological, and institutional influencers of current and future global water security. At the same time the journal intends to stimulate debate, backed by science, with strong interdisciplinary connections. The goal is to publish concise and timely reviews and synthesis articles about research covering the following elements of water security: Shortage, Flooding, Governance, Health and Sanitation. A review article will summarize the current state of understanding on a topic, offering