Focusing Hydrological Research on Environmental Hydrology in Detailed Scale

The problem of water resources is broadly related to its quantity, quality, and spatial & temporal distribution. Ongoing global changes are expected to lead to increasing severity of water resources in the future. Population growth, changes in land use and increasing variation of human activities cause more problems related to water resources. Climate change also yields a big challenge in the future. It is increasingly difficult to manage water resources in the future due to the above factors. Unfortunately, current hydrological research has not been able to solve problems in this field due to its nature at the macro level. To deal with water resource problems in the future, the future hydrological research must be developed to give more detailed analysis and scale in order to solve hydrological problems at the local level and directly benefit the community. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.