The IJWMD focuses on new concepts and methods such as

water and circular economy, technological water, virtual water, innovative water diplomacy, "zero waste" concept, smart water cities, inter-city water policy, subnational hydropolitics which have emerged recently in the field of Water Management and Water Diplomacy.

The Journal also focuses on ocean science  and protecting the future productive capacity of the ocean’s ecosystems

The International  Journal will  be an environment to discuss the above mentioned issues from a transdisciplinary perspective  and system thinking  approach  to encourage scientific studies on water management and diplomacy.  It also aims to put these studies from academia to practical areas.

• The IJWMD scope
  The IJWMD covers areas related to water management and topics related to hydropolitics:
  • Areas related to management issues:
  o Integrated and adaptive water resources management (surface and groundwater),
  o Water services management (water supply and waste water; water economy),
  o Unconventional water resources (rain water, waste water reuse)
  o Water quality management,
  o Intelligent Water Management in Cities (smart water, drought and flood resiliant cities )
  o Aquatic ecosystems management
  o Transboundary water management
  o Water, Energy, Food and Ecology nexus in water management
  o Management of adaptation for climate change
  
  • Topics related to hydropolitics
  o Hydropolitics,
  o Innovative water diplomacy,
  o Transboundary waters,
  o Sub national water diplomacy,
  o Regional water diplomacy,
  o Security concerns related with water, food, energy and ecology,