Description
Water Matters: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals presents a compilation of water scenarios and their relationship to multiple facets of life, as water forms a nexus with food security and energy resources, thereby forming one of the fundamental pillars of sustainable development. The thematic topics focus on studies of achieving individual sustainable development goals, primarily on safe and sustainable drinking water availability, the role of water in sanitation, transboundary water, and water in the ecosystem. Each chapter presents a case study to enable a holistic review of the topic and provide insight for further research.Water Matters: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals integrates the knowledge on global-scale water reviews to local-scale case-studies, ideal for hydrologists, hydrogeologists and water managers in environmental and Earth sciences.- Provides interdisciplinary content that bridges the knowledge from water availability to sustainability through reviews of current technologies for clean water and water security- Includes global and regional reviews and case studies, building a bridge between broad reviews of water related issues by domain experts as well as detailed case studies- Identifies pathways for transforming water knowledge to achieve sustainable development goals to policy and governance of water, food, and energy security and sustainability
Table of Contents
Section 1 - Water for all1. Water matters: the thirst, the demand, and the society2. Opportunities and challenges3. Data science and environmental analytics for water for better health4. Toward sustainable developmentSection 2 - Accessing clean water5. Safe and sustainable drinking water availability (SDG 6.1)6. Water: the key to sanitation (SDG 6.2)7. Water pollution (SDG 6.3)8. Water scarcity and availability (SDG 6.4)9. Sustainable development and wise stewardship of transboundary waters by 2050 (SDG 6.5)10. The role of water in ecosystems (SDG 6.6): achieving sustainable development for spring ecosystemsSection 3 - The broader picture: water in achieving sustainable development11. Water in poverty alleviation (SDG 1)12. Role of water in food security and hunger reduction (SDG 2)13. Public health approaches for prevention and control of water-related diseases (SDG 3)14. Relationship between water and education (SDG 4)15. Advancing gender equity through water (SDG 5)16. Affordable and clean energy and water (SDG 7)17. The role of economics in meeting the sustainable development goals for water (SDG 8)18. Role of infrastructure and innovation in attaining water security (SDG 9)19. Water addressability to inequalities (SDG 10)20. Water in sustaining resilient cities (SDG 11)21. Sustainable consumption and production from water circularity perspectives (SDG 12)22. Climate change and terrestrial water storage in large river basins (SDG 13)23. Conservation of water ecosystem (SDG 14)24. Life on land needs fresh water (SDG 15)25. Advancing collaborative approach for managing water conflicts from sectoral to transboundary scale (SDG 16)26. Water for sustainable development: examining the water-energy-food-society nexus (SDG 17)
