Publisher's Synopsis
The contributions to this Topic will encompass a broad spectrum of topics regarding the human impact on groundwater resources, including but not limited to the following: emerging topics dealing with water resource vulnerability and human impact, including emerging and chemical contaminants; advances in analytical techniques to monitor and identify sources and processes controlling the budget of human contaminants in water resources; advances in hydrological processes and hydrodynamic models for investigating water vulnerability to human impact; analysis of urban growth consequences for water resources and water management; remote sensing applications for water vulnerability assessment; linkage between water vulnerability, scarcity, security, and sustainability.
