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

The Issue 5, Volume 24 of the International Journal of River Basin Management was just published, and contains studies spanning flood risk and modeling, water quality and sediment pollution, climate and hydrological modeling, river governance, and fluvial morphology and ecology.

Among the twelve research papers constituting this issue, you will find flood-focused studies ranging from GIS-based multi-criteria mapping of flood-prone zones in Kaziranga National Park, India, to a comparison of coupled 1D/2D, fully 2D and coarse-resolution HEC-RAS models evaluated against SAR-derived flood boundaries on the Spercheios River, Greece. Water quality and sediment contamination are addressed through a comparative analysis of textile industry effluents in the northern Ganga basin and a GIS and multivariate statistical assessment of heavy metal contamination along the Mangalore coast. Other contributions examine salinity dynamics under sea-level rise in the Aghien Lagoon, Côte d'Ivoire, historical and future rainfall trends over the Narmada River basin, and a comparative review of AI/ML-based hydrological models. The social and institutional dimensions of river basin management are explored through studies on stakeholder power relations in Ghana's Pra River Basin, ecocentric narratives for river governance illustrated by the Whanganui River, and a multi-stakeholder SWOT framework for watershed management in Iran. The issue closes with contributions on sustainable bank stabilisation of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River and the influence of suspended sediment on environmental DNA accuracy for fish monitoring in mountain rivers.

This fifth Issue of 2026 showcases the wide range of topics considered by JRBM, as river basin management calls for a holistic approach, combining expertise from technical and social sciences.

Articles

• Identification of Flood-Prone Areas in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India 
  by Shehnaj Ahmed Pathan & Gwakulo Tep
  Pages: 739-753 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2477161

• Dynamics in Salinity Diffusion Influenced by Anthropogenic Pressures and Climate Change: a Case Study of the Aghien Lagoon (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
  by Bi Sehi Goe, Amidou Dao, Akahoua David Brou, Jean Thierry Koffi, Ehouman Serges Koffi, Gla Blaise Ouede, Loukou Alexis Brou, Bamory Kamagate & Kouakou Lazare Kouassi
  Pages: 755-768 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2477791

• Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Hydrological Modelling for Sustainable Resource Management
  by Sebastian R.O. Marshall, Thanh-Nhan-Duc Tran, Mahesh R. Tapas & Binh Quang Nguyen
  Pages: 769-785 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2478280

• Comparison of Historical and Future Rainfall Over Narmada River Basin Under Changing Climate 
  by Jyoti Sharma, Omvir Singh & Ajay Kumar
  Pages: 787-807 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2486846

• Chemical Characterization of Textile Industry Effluents in the Northern Ganga Basin: a Comparative Study of Yamuna and Non-Yamuna Basin Discharges
  by Riya Sharma, V. Kumar & S. K. Tyagi
  Pages: 809-821 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2489513

• Beyond Participation: Power Relations, Information Flows, and Collaboration in Water Governance: a Case of the Pra River Basin, Ghana
  by Augustine Chiga Awolorinke, Alesia Dedaa Ofori, Martiwi Diah Setiawati & Nurudeen Issifu
  Pages: 823-838 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2490272

• Assessment of the Predictive Performance of 1D/2D, Fully 2D and Coarse-Resolution 2D HEC-RAS Models by Integrating Different Evaluation Metrics and SAR-Derived Flood Boundary Information
  by Ioanna Zotou, Vasilis Bellos & Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis
  Pages: 839-858 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2490293

• The River of Dreams: Reimagining River Governance Through Ecocentric Narratives 
  by Johan Nordensvard & Markus Ketola
  Pages: 859-871 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2493135

• Introducing the StWtOT Framework for Integrated and Strategic Watershed Management: the Multi-Stakeholder-Based SWOT Analysis in the Kal Aji Watershed 
  by Amin Salehpour Jam & Jamal Mosaffaie
  Pages: 873-887 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2498358

• Sustainable Stabilisation of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River in India and Bangladesh
  by Erik Mosselman
  Pages: 889-897 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2499872

• Influence of Suspended Sediments on the Accuracy of Environmental DNA in Monitoring Fish Species in Mountain Rivers
  by Sijiu Zhang, Zaoli Yang, Ruxia Qiao, Yuqing Lin, Shufeng He, Tao Feng, Yufeng Ren & Qiuwen Chen
  Pages: 899-908 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2501650

• An Integrated GIS and Multivariate Statistical Approach on Heavy Metal Contamination in Mangalore Coast of Southwest India
  by Sibin Antony, A. Biju Kumar, Maha Madhu, V. Salom Gnana Thanga, Varghese Rani, T. M. Vishnu Maya, Bency John & K. Anoop Krishnan
  Pages: 909-933 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2025.2503330

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Call for papers for River Resilience: Environmental Flows to River Health through the Lens of Ecosystem Services Special Editors: Mantha S. Phanikumar,  Saket Pande and Santosh G Thampi