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Water quality and its interlinkages with the Sustainable Development Goals

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:30 authored by Joseph AlcamoJoseph Alcamo
Interlinkages among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) lead to important trade-offs and synergies among the goals and their underlying targets. The aim of this paper is to review the role of water quality as an agent of interlinkages among the SDGs. It was found that there are a small number of explicit interconnections, but many more inferred interlinkages between water quality and various targets. A review of case studies showed that interlinkages operate from the municipal to near global scales, that their importance is likely to increase in developing countries, and that new SDG indicators are needed to monitor them. The analysis identifies many different SDG target areas where a combined effort between the water quality community and other sectors would bring mutual benefits in achieving the water quality and other targets.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

ISSN

1877-3435

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

36

Page range

126-140

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  • Geography Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-01-14

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-12-12

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-01-14

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