2020 was a massive year by any scale. We have gathered highlights here so you can easily find the research that will drive your next discovery. We present articles, chapters, highly cited journals and new books reflecting the year. You can browse this page, or dive more deeply into our individual imprints.
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A selection of 2020's highlighted research
Journals
Journal Articles
Free to access until 31 March 2021, while open access articles are freely available online on a permanent basis.
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Books
Book Chapters
Free to access until 31 March 2021, while open access chapters are freely available online on a permanent basis.
Precipitation Changes in India
from Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region
Authors: Ashwini Kulkarni et al.
Impacts of Plant Invasions on Terrestrial Water Flows in South Africa
from Biological Invasions in South Africa
Authors: David C. Le Maitre et al.
Introduction: Connecting Water and Heritage for the Future
from Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage
Authors: Carola Hein et al.
City Water Matters: Cultures, Practices and Entanglements of Urban Water—An Introduction
from City Water Matters
Author: Sophie Watson
The Case for Universal and Sustainable Access
from Global Water Funding
Author: David Lloyd Owen
Conceptual Reflections About Water, Governance, and Networks
from Networks in Water Governance
Authors: Manuel Fischer et al.
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Top new books in 2020
Insights from the Editorial Team
Margaret Deignan, Senior Editor, Applied Sciences – Books
2020 has been an extraordinary year - extremely difficult and challenging on a global scale. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of uncertainty and heartbreak. As the workplaces closed, I was fortunate enough to be able to work from home, and turned the spare room into my ‘home’ office. Travel restrictions meant new ways of connecting at online conferences, coffee mornings, and Zoom calls to catch-up with authors and editors.
The World Water Day 2020 theme was, ‘Water and Climate Change’ and complementing this was the volume Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. The content provides insights and a capacity to understand the climate change phenomenon. Water Resilience is another new title and explores the practical implications of water resilience for innovation in practice and water policy.
The Water programme at Springer Nature is strongly supported by pivotal book series as: Global Issues in Water Policy, Water Security in a New World, World Water Resources, Water Science and Technology Library, Water Governance - Concepts, Methods and Practice, and Springer Water
I am looking forward to a new year and continuing to support our scientific communities – in what I hope will be a healthy and safer environment.
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