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

Welcome to the second issue of volume 20. Like the first issue, this issue is an expanded version to accommodate the demand for publication in JRBM. The 11 papers included herein bring together a diverse range of topics relevant to river basin management. Topics discussed include flood risk management, water security, virtual water and its impact on irrigation management, transboundary rivers, public perceptions of sustainable management practices, and the human and physical aspects of riverine floods. Consistent with the aim of presenting an international view of river basin management, papers are contributed by authors from North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

 Articles

Understanding the physical and human contexts of fluvial floods in rural Ghana
Kabila Abass, Gift Dumedah and Foster Frempong
Pages: 141-152 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2019.1653310

Making room for nature? Applying the Dutch Room for the River approach to flood risk management in Alberta, Canada
E. A. Bogdan, M. A. Beckie and K. J. Caine
Pages: 153-165 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1723604

Management of catchment for the protection of source water in the Densu River basin, Ghana: implications for rural communities
Michael Eduful, Kamal Alsharif, Michael Acheampong and Peter Nkhoma
Pages: 167-183 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1750420

Household Water Security Index: development and application in the Awash Basin of Ethiopia
Reta Hailu, Degefa Tolossa and Getnet Alemu
Pages: 185-201 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1755300

A comparison of the analytical hierarchy process and the fuzzy logic approach for flood susceptibility mapping in a semi-arid ungauged basin (Biskra basin: Algeria)
Ali Bouamrane, Oussama Derdous, Noura Dahri, Salah-Eddine Tachi, Khereddine Boutebba and Mohamed T. Bouziane
Pages: 203-213 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1830786

Flood risk management under uncertainty in transboundary basins: a delicate balancing act
Dorothy F. Heinrich and Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
Pages: 215-224 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1837845

Area exclosure effects on soil properties and woody species diversity in Amelake sub-watershed, Southern Ethiopia
Tamrat Sinore and Dinsa Doboch
Pages: 225-234 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1843469

Local perception of watershed degradation in the upper Gibe basin, southwest Ethiopia: implications to sustainable watershed management strategies
Fekadu Mengistu and Engdawork Assefa
Pages: 235-254 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1870990

Optimization of agricultural patterns based on virtual water considerations through integrated water resources management modeling
Farhad Yazdandoost, 

Hoda Razavi and Ardalan Izadi

Pages: 255-263 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.1879093

Land cover changes and ecosystem services at the Negro River Basin, Argentina: what is missing for better assessing nature’s contribution?
Mariana I. Zilio, Vanesa Y. Bohn, M. Cintia Piccolo and Gerardo M. E. Perillo
Pages: 265-278 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.1901727

Implication of classification of land types on the river banks on the layout of settlements planning (A case of the Ogan Ulu community, in South Sumatera, Indonesia)
Zainal Arifin, Maulid Hariri Gani and Temmy Thamrin
Pages: 279-288 | DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.1906262