The Journal of River Basin Management (JRBM) plays a specific role in promoting a cross-sectorial approach encompassing all aspects of river and floodplain management, with a truly global perspective. The Journal is a response by the scientific and professional community to the World Water Vision and calls for an integrated approach to water resources management.

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 Overview

This third Issue of Volume 21 of JRBM is composed of sixteen articles that address river basin management from multiple points of view, showing the interdisciplinary character of this Journal. The proposed papers investigate the impact of anthropogenic pressures, such as mining and hydraulic infrastructures, on water quality and river dynamics across the globe, discussing how the different local environments might be affected and interact with humans. In addition to discussing challenges posed by climate change and anthropogenic pressure, innovative solutions are also proposed, looking at restoring watercourses and improving their water quality. Few papers focus on evaluating and addressing risks connected to hydrological events such as flood and riverbank erosion, pointing out the key drivers and potential solutions to reduce such risks. As for the past Volumes of JRBM, all the manuscripts collected here are worth reading, as they report clearly the actual state-of-art in the management of rivers at the basin and local scale, pointing out open questions to be addressed in the future by both researchers and water managers.

 Articles

• Critical evaluation of the hydrological, biological and sociological impacts of the implementation of flood control check dams in the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape, Philippines

  Rej Winlove M. Bungabong, Wade L. Hadwen and Larry V. Padilla

  Pages 357-373 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2000427

• Effect of small-scale illegal mining on surface water and sediment quality in Ghana

  Humphrey Ferdinand Darko, Anthony Yaw Karikari, Anthony Appiah Duah, Bismark Awinbire Akurugu, Victor Mante and Frank Oblim Teye

  Pages 375-386 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2002345

• Baseflow and water resilience variability in two water management units in southeastern Brazil

  Lucas Vituri Santarosa, Didier Gastmans, Troy E. Gilmore, Jan Boll, Sebastian Balbin Betancur and Vitor Fidelis Monteiro Gonçalves

  Pages 387-400 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2002346

• Utility of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) as indicators of water quality in Kallada River, Kerala, India

  Dani Benchamin, Sreejai R. and Beena S. Kurup

  Pages 401-407 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2002347

• Influence of permeable groins with radial arrangement on local scour around groins: an experimental study

  Fateme Maleki and Saeed Abbasi

  Pages 409-420 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2005614

• Effects of climate change on river-ice processes and ice jams

  B. C. Burrell, S. Beltaos and B. Turcotte

  Pages 421-441 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2007936

• A water quality assessment of Arpa River under Bilaspur-Arpa basin area, of Chhattisgarh state

  Prasoon Soni and Pushpraj Singh

  Pages 443-452 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2016780

• Comparison between NARX-NN and HEC-HMS models to simulate Wadi Seghir catchment runoff events in Algerian northern

  Ismahen Kadri, Rachid Mansouri and Amir Aieb

  Pages 453-465 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2016781

• Potential predictability of suspended sediment concentration in the data constrained regions of the Mahanadi River basin, Eastern India

  Rohan Kar and Arindam Sarkar

  Pages 467-487 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2016782

• Improved assessment of maximum streamflow for risk management of hydraulic infrastructures. A case study

  Ana Margarida Bento, Andreia Gomes, João Pedro Pêgo, Teresa Viseu and Lúcia Couto

  Pages 489-499 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2016783

• Assessing social vulnerability to riverbank erosion across the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

  Van Pham Dang Tri, Phan Ky Trung, Thai Minh Trong, Daniel R. Parsons and Stephen E. Darby

  Pages 501-512 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.2021926

• Quality assessment of drinking water sources in the upper Jhelum basin of Kashmir Himalaya, J&K, India

  M. Imran Ganaie, Aisha Dev, Ishtiaq A. Mayer, Pervez Ahmed and Showkat A. Ganaie

  Pages 513-524 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2022.2036747

• The drivers for the collapse of Lake Haramaya and proposed integrated rehabilitation strategies

  Sitotaw Haile Erena, R. Uttama Reddy and Awol Akmel Yesuf

  Pages 525-537 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2022.2047709

• Riparian health conditions of headwater streams in Southwestern Nigeria

  Olutoyin Adeola Fashae, Opeyemi Caleb Fatayo and Adeyemi Oludapo Olusola

  Pages 539-550 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2022.2047710

• The Small Dams Safety Index (SDSI): a tool for small dams safety assessment

  Willian Leandro Henrique Pinto and Laura Maria Canno Ferreira Fais

  Pages 551-558 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2022.2047711

• Uncertainty analysis of risk-based flood safety standards in the Netherlands through a scenario-based approach

  Sam G. Westerhof, Martijn J. Booij, Marcel C. J. Van den Berg, Ric J. M. Huting and Jord J. Warmink

  Pages 559-574 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2022.2060243