Water Matters
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
- 1st Edition - September 5, 2024
- Editor: Abhijit Mukherjee
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 5 3 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 5 3 8 - 3
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 wi… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWater 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 looking through the lens of water availability and usage, ranging from safe and sustainable drinking water availability to poverty alleviation, inequalities, climate change, and solutions for future. Each chapter presents holistic review of the topic and provides insight for further research, along with a case study of the specific theme.
This book integrates the knowledge on global-scale water reviews to local-scale case studies, ideal for hydrologists, hydrogeologists, and water managers in earth and environmental sciences, social sciences, and economics.
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
Academics, researchers and graduate students in Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Water Management, and Public Health Engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editor
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1: Water for all
- Chapter 1. Water matters: the thirst, the demand, and the society
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Intensifying global water insecurity
- Water web of interdependencies
- Insights into water challenges
- Hydrological drought
- Integrating social sciences for global solutions
- Impact of water on women and communities
- Evolving sustainable water management
- Local innovations for the global water crisis
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Opportunities and challenges
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Groundwater uses
- Groundwater resources
- Technology: groundwater extraction and delivery
- Service provision
- Skills and knowledge
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Data science and environmental analytics for water for better health
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Data science and environmental analytics
- Artificial intelligence/machine learning
- Artificial intelligence/machine learning models of arsenic in groundwater derived drinking water
- Final word
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4. Toward sustainable development
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Challenges in meeting sustainable development goal targets
- Ways to contribute to sustainable development goals
- Global strategy and collaboration
- Latin America and the Caribbean cases
- Recommendations
- References
- Section 2: Accessing clean water
- Chapter 5. Safe and sustainable drinking water availability (SDG 6.1)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Global status
- Arsenic contamination in Bangladesh
- Fluoride contamination in Tanzania
- Groundwater contamination in Bolivia
- Sanitation-borne contamination in India
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Water: the key to sanitation (SDG 6.2)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Water pollution (SDG 6.3)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Geogenic contaminants
- Agricultural pollution
- Emerging organic contaminants
- Microbial contamination of drinking water
- Microplastic pollution
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Water scarcity and availability (SDG 6.4)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On satellites
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment data assimilation
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment data assimilation and evaluation results
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment–based drought indicators
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Sustainable development and wise stewardship of transboundary waters by 2050 (SDG 6.5)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- The status of achievement of the goals in 2022
- The scope of this review of Sustainable Development Goals Indicator 6.5.2
- The effort so far—has it paid off good dividends?
- The Sustainable Development Goals 6.5.2 Indicator—suitable for monitoring progress?
- The Sustainable Development Goals 6 accelerator framework—what additional value?
- The Decade for Action—reality check and reformulation sustainability in transboundary water resources
- Outlook from 2030 to 2050
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 10. The role of water in ecosystems (SDG 6.6): achieving sustainable development for spring ecosystems
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Challenges with Sustainable Development Goal 6.6
- Valuable and vulnerable spring ecosystems
- Spring ecosystem conservation challenges
- Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Section 3: The broader picture: water in achieving sustainable development
- Chapter 11. Water in poverty alleviation (SDG 1)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Water in poverty
- The transformative role of irrigation in North Gujarat—a case study
- Water and poverty alleviation
- References
- Chapter 12. Role of water in food security and hunger reduction (SDG 2)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Setting the historical scene
- Options for more water-smart food systems
- Need for an enhanced systems approach
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13. Public health approaches for prevention and control of water-related diseases (SDG 3)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Waterborne and other water-related diseases
- Preventive strategies
- One Health approach for the prevention and control of water-related diseases
- References
- Chapter 14. Relationship between water and education (SDG 4)
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Water quality and related infrastructure impacts on education
- Education’s impacts on water quality
- A path forward
- Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 15. Advancing gender equity through water (SDG 5)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Gender, adaptation, and transfer of benefits across sectors
- Coupled human–water systems and gender
- Recognition of women’s agency for water and sustainable development
- Women in water leadership
- Conclusions and a transformative way forward
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 16. Affordable and clean energy and water (SDG 7)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Using energy to get water
- Using water to get energy
- Synthesis
- References
- Chapter 17. The role of economics in meeting the sustainable development goals for water (SDG 8)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Water and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Putting the market in context
- Accounting for the water cycle
- Including economics within societal systems
- Modeling fairness, equity, and equality from a distributional perspective
- Working definitions of fairness, justice, and equity
- Conclusion: combining economic and justice perspectives to meet Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 10
- References
- Chapter 18. Role of infrastructure and innovation in attaining water security (SDG 9)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Complexity in water management and the role of infrastructure
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 19. Water addressability to inequalities (SDG 10)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- The trajectory of nondiscrimination in access to water
- The state of affairs of water access inequality
- Strategies for dealing with the problem
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 20. Water in sustaining resilient cities (SDG 11)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Urban water resilience
- Water resilience in practice: the case of Windhoek, Namibia
- Future perspectives
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Conflicts of interest
- References
- Chapter 21. Sustainable consumption and production from water circularity perspectives (SDG 12)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Water circularity (concept and principles)
- Sustainable consumption and production from water circularity perspective
- Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- Chapter 22. Climate change and terrestrial water storage in large river basins (SDG 13)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Data and method
- Results
- Discussion and summary
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 23. Conservation of water ecosystem (SDG 14)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Oceanic waters
- Marine pollution and sources
- Impacts of pollution on biodiversity of oceans
- Sustainable Development Goal—14
- Solution of marine pollution
- References
- Chapter 24. Life on land needs fresh water (SDG 15)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Main themes of Sustainable Development Goal 15
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 25. Advancing collaborative approach for managing water conflicts from sectoral to transboundary scale (SDG 16)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Water scarcity: conflicts at different scales
- Water and disasters
- Water governance options for managing water conflicts and disasters
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 26. Water for sustainable development: examining the water–energy–food–society nexus (SDG 17)
- Abstract
- Chapter outline
- Introduction
- Solar and groundwater resources for irrigation development
- Analytical approach
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 330
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443155376
- eBook ISBN: 9780443155383
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Abhijit Mukherjee
Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee received his PhD degree from the University of Kentucky, United States and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, United States. He has served as the physical hydrogeologist at the Alberta Geological Survey in Canada and is currently a professor at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Prof. Mukherjee’s main research area is hydrogeology, including water pollution, scarcity, and governance. He is known globally for his studies on geological and human-sourced groundwater pollution and has done extensive work on delineating groundwater scarcity using field observations, advanced computation, and Artificial Intelligence techniques. He has received many distinctions, including the highest award in Indian science. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has editorial roles in the Journal of Hydrology, Applied Geochemistry, Journal of Earth System Sciences, Scientific Reports, ES&T Letters, ES&T Engineering, and Water Resources Research. He is the editor of several books, including Groundwater of South Asia and Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Security, Sustainability and Solutions.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, IndiaRead Water Matters on ScienceDirect