Interdisciplinary Hydrology Interdisciplinary Hydrology relates to the natural water systems as well as urban development. Water has obvious importance for food, energy, transport, biomass, climate and environment. In all such sectors there are needs for relevant methods, tools, evaluation, models and understanding to maintain sustainable water resources. Scope Water exerts a crucial influence on environmental function. Hydrology is of significance for water resources, soil and land formation, water quality, vegetational growth, biodiver-sity and climatic change.
Water also is a principal carrier for many substances of environ-mental interest.
The importance of an interdisciplinary approach concerning both rural and urban water management problems is increasingly recognised. Hydrological inter-actions involve at least meteorology, geophysiography, soil science, chemistry, biology, microbiology. The implications for society s infrastructure are obvious. Prediction of hydrological response as well as many hydrological management decisions is based on models, that should be validated and tested. Dissemination of research results requires the development of new systems for analysis, assessment and presentation.