This chapter intends to systematize the trends and approaches that will inspire local policymaking in response to climate change challenges and to meet European guidelines and recommendations for sust
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Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, Volume , 1 January 2024
Aligns with SDG 7, giving an accessible overview of hydropower and the practical and economic challenges associated with exploiting it as a resource.
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Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, Volume , 1 January 2024
Aligns most closely with SDGs 11 and 6, looking at factors affecting water governance and supply, environmentally sustainable allocation and use of water, water markets as a tool to reallocate water in ways which promote efficiency and social equity.
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This chapter provides a strategic blueprint for managing freshwater under climate stress and population growth. It supports long-term resilience through water‑scarcity indicators and technologies.
This chapter explores how rapid urbanization and climate change threaten urban water security, using Windhoek, Namibia, as a case study. It highlights how adaptive, innovative approaches—such as resource-efficient systems and resilient storage—can transform hydrosocial systems to ensure sustainable water access, supporting healthier, more resilient cities (SDG 11) and safeguarding public health (SDG 3). The Windhoek experience underscores the importance of rethinking development pathways to build adaptive, equitable urban water systems in a changing world.
This chapter emphasizes the vital role of water in alleviating multidimensional poverty (SDG 1) by enhancing agricultural productivity, ensuring access to safe drinking water, and restoring ecosystems. Recognizing water as an economic, social, environmental, and institutional good, the chapter advocates for integrated water interventions that support sustainable watershed management, equitable benefit sharing, and ecosystem service expansion. Using a case study from North Gujarat, India, it highlights how water infrastructure development can both reduce and inadvertently deepen inequalities, underscoring the need for sustainable, equitable water management strategies that promote healthier communities and resilient urban environments (SDGs 11 and 3).
This study seeks the view of ten school principals on the pathways of incorporating environmental education into the school curriculum in South Africa.
Pakistan's water resources experiencing mounting pressure. UN SDG 6 provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable water management. Long-term planning and community engagement are key to success. Policy recommendations include efficient pricing and climate change integration.
The authors put forward a mathematical model for examining the impact of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services on reducing the transmission of waterborne diseases such as enteric diarrheal disease (EDD). It is found that wastewater and sewage treatment (WST) control has the most significant impact in terms of WASH interventions employed. The findings have could have very important public health potential and tie in strongly with the goals of SDG 6.
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 9 and 11 by highlighting the role AI tools can play in mitigating urban air pollution for improved urban air quality.
