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Water Policy

Water policy is a set of principles, legal frameworks, and institutional mechanisms by which governmental authorities direct the planning, allocation, use, and management of water resources to achieve socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability objectives.

17.8K

Publications

936.3K

Citations

33.5K

Authors

6.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5.4K

Variants

Water Resources Policy

Parents

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Publications

17.8K

Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

C. J. Vörösmarty, Peter B. McIntyre, Mark O. Gessner et al. · Nature · 2010 · 7.4K citations · Full text

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Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth

Charles J Vörösmarty, Pamela Green, J. Salisbury et al. · Science · 2000 · 5.1K citations

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Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?

P. C. D. Milly, Julio L. Betancourt, Malin Falkenmark et al. · Science · 2008 · 4.5K citations

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Understanding: the Drought Phenomenon: The Role of Definitions

Donald A. Wilhite, Michael H. Glantz · Water International · 1985 · 3.1K citations

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Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report

Alberto Boretti, Lorenzo Rosa · npj Clean Water · 2019 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Authors

33.5K

  1. AY
    Arjen Y. Hoekstra

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    65 publications · 11.2K citations

    45

    h-index

  2. CP
    Claudia Pahl‐Wostl

    Osnabrück University, Germany

    49 publications · 8.2K citations

    38

    h-index

  3. JB
    Jamie Bartram

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    54 publications · 5.4K citations

    37

    h-index

  4. RC
    Rui Cunha Marques

    University of Lisbon, Portugal

    52 publications · 3K citations

    34

    h-index

  5. AW
    Amber Wutich

    Arizona State University, United States

    46 publications · 3.8K citations

    32

    h-index

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Institutions

6.2K

  1. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    72 h-index

    488 publications

    35.1K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    65 h-index

    703 publications

    50.3K citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    58 h-index

    317 publications

    21.4K citations

  4. International Water Management Institute

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    57 h-index

    255 publications

    20.6K citations

  5. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    57 h-index

    214 publications

    24.5K citations

  6. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

    Delft, The Netherlands

    55 h-index

    363 publications

    23.1K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    54 h-index

    244 publications

    22.1K citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    53 h-index

    264 publications

    18.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Water Resources Research

    324 publications · 22.9K citations

    81

    h-index

  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    281 publications · 18.8K citations

    75

    h-index

  3. 73

    h-index

  4. Water Resources Management

    346 publications · 20.1K citations

    69

    h-index

  5. Water Policy

    521 publications · 23.2K citations

    67

    h-index

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See also

Water Policy

Governance Structures

Allocation Mechanisms

Regulatory Instruments

Sustainability Objectives

Implementation Challenges