Sustainable Water Management and the 2030 Agenda: Comparing Rain Forest Watersheds in Canada and Brazil by Applying an Innovative Sustainability Indicator System DOI Open Access
Maria Inês Paes Ferreira,

Graham Sakaki,

Pamela Shaw

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(20), P. 14898 - 14898

Published: Oct. 16, 2023

Watershed management varies greatly across the world. Local conditions are generally dictated by how watershed is regulated at national, regional, and local scales. Both multisectoral community-based participatory involvement in can positively impact quality effectiveness of outcomes. This localization also be vital to achievement UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In recent years, term “sustainability” has become overused, limited quantifiable meaning, create “fuzzy” targets. We suggest that an outcome focuses on “thrivability” more appropriate; this refers ability not only sustain positive for future generations but allow all living things (present future) have opportunity thrive. A thrivability approach aligns with 2030 Agenda’s ultimate goal: prosperity beings earth. study uses a lens compare two sites. Primary secondary data were collected both Regional District Nanaimo (RDN), Canada, Hydrographic Region VIII (HR-VIII), Brazil, been input analyzed through our Thrivability Appraisal determine each region’s score. The seven sustainability principles as overarching framework. These then related four individual subcomponents health three common interest tests based primary environmental perception technical inputs. Assuming centricity water prosperity, final scoring culmination 49 total indicators. comparison drawn regions’ capacity achieve eight targets UN Goal (SDG) 6. illustrates strengths weaknesses, allowing lessons learned transferred other multijurisdictional watersheds.

Language: Английский

Unleashing the convergence amid digitalization and sustainability towards pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A holistic review DOI
Gema del Río Castro, C. González, Ángel Uruburu Colsa

et al.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 280, P. 122204 - 122204

Published: Sept. 18, 2020

Language: Английский

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Progress by Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review DOI Open Access
Matteo Trane,

Marelli Luisa,

Alice Siragusa

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(9), P. 7055 - 7055

Published: April 23, 2023

Scientific research has been acknowledged to play a pivotal role in achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. Vice-versa, since its adoption, Agenda reinvigorating academic production on sustainable development. This study provides systematic literature review of most used and newly developed approaches by support achievement SDGs EU. The results are presented descriptive, bibliometric, content analysis. descriptive analysis highlights rising interest scholars operationalizing Agenda, with growing at urban level. A text-mining tool was employed scan investigated selected papers. Major is devoted environmental concerns (especially linked SDG 13, 7, 6, 12, 15), while social issues (e.g., 4, 5, 10) still deserve more research. bibliometric unveiled poor intra-cluster connections, highlighting need for transdisciplinary recurrent fields EU governance, circular economy, ecosystem services, localization, decision making. We advise future studies focus gaps highlighted adopt system perspective, boosting Policy Coherence across governance levels scales implementation looking trade-offs assessing context-specific priorities.

Language: Английский

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Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review DOI
Assunta Di Vaio, Lourdes Trujillo, Gabriella D’Amore

et al.

Utilities Policy, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 72, P. 101255 - 101255

Published: July 13, 2021

Language: Английский

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Pathways to water sustainability? A global study assessing the benefits of integrated water resources management DOI Creative Commons
Shahana Bilalova, Jens Newig, Laurent-Charles Tremblay-Lévesque

et al.

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 343, P. 118179 - 118179

Published: May 29, 2023

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been central to governance and worldwide since the 1990s. Recognizing significance of an integrated approach as a way achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IWRM was formally incorporated part SDG global indicator framework, thus committing UN its Member States achieving high implementation by 2030 measuring progress through 6.5.1. This paper examines extent which improves sustainable health water-related ecosystems-a first-of-its-kind in terms quantitative analysis on scale. To this objective, we conducted regression analyses between 6.5.1 (both (total score) dimensions 6.5.1) key environmental sustainability indicators: 6.2.1a (access basic sanitation), 6.3.1 (treated wastewater), 6.4.1 (water-use efficiency), 6.4.2 (water stress), 6.6.1 (freshwater ecosystems, although here trophic state turbidity variables were used) 6.3.2 (ambient quality). Our covers 124 countries for all these SDGs, with exception 6.3.2, cover 112 85 countries, respectively. Results show that IWRM-to different degrees-is mainly associated good status indicators, stress, quality, turbidity. We observe strong impact control such arrangements, economic situation geographical conditions. Lagged effects scope framework may also explain some observed variations degree association. study highlights importance further uncovering interlinkages achievement sustainability. Overall, results suggest is primarily linked systems, context-specific factors should be taken into account when evaluating effectiveness, enable policy- decision-makers make necessary adjustments optimize outcomes.

Language: Английский

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Global Sustainable Water Management: A Systematic Qualitative Review DOI
Nuru Hasan, Raji Pushpalatha,

V. S. Manivasagam

et al.

Water Resources Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 37(13), P. 5255 - 5272

Published: Sept. 7, 2023

Language: Английский

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A Systematic Review of Water Governance in Asian Countries: Challenges, Frameworks, and Pathways Toward Sustainable Development Goals DOI

Nguyen Hong Duc,

Pankaj Kumar, Long Tam Pham

et al.

Earth Systems and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(2), P. 181 - 205

Published: March 11, 2024

Language: Английский

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Social-ecological system approaches for water resources management DOI
Animesh K. Gain, Md Sarwar Hossain,

David Benson

et al.

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 28(2), P. 109 - 124

Published: June 18, 2020

In the era of Anthropocene, understanding dynamic interactions between humans and water is crucial for supporting both human well-being sustainable management resources. The current challenges are inherently unpredictable difficult to control. Social-ecological systems (SESs) approaches explicitly recognize connections feedbacks natural systems. For addressing complex consideration SES attributes such as causality (or interdependence), feedback, non-linearity, heterogeneity, cross-scale dynamics important. addition, innovative qualitative quantitative methods Bayesian networks, agent-based modelling, system dynamics, network analysis, multicriteria integrated assessment role-play games have recently been used in research. overall goal this review gauge extent which considered within interdisciplinary paradigm. paper therefore develops normative theoretical characteristics terms its key (i.e. causality, nonlinearity, dynamics) incorporated paradigm approaches. then compares applied examines how they can complement each other. Finally, reflects back on usefulness assessing makes recommendations future

Language: Английский

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Revival of Traditional Cascade Tanks for Achieving Climate Resilience in Drylands of South India DOI Creative Commons
Pennan Chinnasamy, Aman Srivastava

Frontiers in Water, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: April 22, 2021

Traditional tanks in arid regions of India have been working to address water demands the public for more than 2000 years. However, recent decade is witnessing growing domestic and agricultural demand coupled with rising encroachment ignorance toward tanks; consequently, intensifying shortage issues. While climate change impacting at alarming rates, local agencies forgotten these that aided sustainable supply solutions decades apart from municipal supply. This research, first time, estimates supply-demand an region South (Madurai) lists out benefits if were managed desilted. Exploratory investigations documenting seasonal unmet conducted followed by their validation through ground-truthing across study period 2002–2019. Results indicated high demand, estimating ~73% [maximum 365 thousand cubic meters (TCM)] summer (March May) ~33% (maximum 149 TCM) winter (January February), ~90% 5,424 during North-East monsoon (October December), ~95% 5,161 South-West (June September). Erratic rainfall pattern was identified as a major cause higher fluctuations availability inside ranging 0–50%, while lack ownership resulted increased siltation load 30–70% tank's volume. The found portion can be accounted rehabilitation tanks, under rehabilitated tank irrigation scenario storage could attain 200–400% estimated demand. It concluded cascade appropriately, they positive impacts reducing floods providing drought seasons.

Language: Английский

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Key Challenges and Potential Opportunities in Water Management Crises: The Case of the Rio Turbio Basin in Mexico DOI Open Access
Luzma Fabiola Nava, Jorge Adrián Perera-Burgos

Water, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(4), P. 550 - 550

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

This study examines the critical water management crisis facing Río Turbio Basin (RTB) in Mexico’s Bajío region, Guanajuato. The RTB’s challenges are driven by a convergence of environmental degradation, industrial pollution, groundwater over-extraction, and fragmented governance structures. Intensified climate change, urban expansion, rising demands, these issues place basin’s long-term sustainability at serious risk. Employing qualitative approach, this research synthesizes insights from expert interviews stakeholder perspectives, highlighting social, economic, environmental, institutional dimensions crisis. Key findings point to lack collaboration among governmental bodies, industry, local communities, resulting escalating scarcity, economic vulnerability agriculture, social tensions over resource allocation. RTB exemplifies broader regional issues, where fragmentation absence strategic, basin-specific policies undermine sustainable practices. Without coordinated, multi-sectoral interventions, projections indicate worsening declines quality availability, with potentially irreversible effects on ecosystems public health. underscores need for integrated (IWRM) strategies, combining technological, regulatory, community-driven solutions address unique socio-environmental region.

Language: Английский

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Innovative governance for sustainable management of Mediterranean coastal aquifers: Evidence from Sustain‐COAST living labs DOI Creative Commons
Chiara Ceseracciu, Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen, Romina Deriu

et al.

Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 167, P. 104038 - 104038

Published: March 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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