Sociohydrology: Scientific Challenges in Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals
Uppsala University · Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science · +13 more institutions
Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 represent an ambitious blueprint to reduce inequalities globally and achieve a sustainable future for all mankind. Meeting the SDGs for water requires an integrated approach to managing and allocating water resources, by involving all actors and stakeholders, and considering how water resources link different sectors of society. To date, water management practice is dominated by technocratic, scenario-based approaches that may work well in the short term but can result in unintended consequences in the long term due to limited accounting of dynamic feedbacks between the natural, technical, and social dimensions of human-water systems.…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 23.22
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 255
Authors
18- GDGiuliano Di BaldassarreCorresponding
Uppsala University, Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science
- MSMurugesu Sivapalan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- MRMaria Rusca
Uppsala University, Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science
- CCChristophe Cudennec
Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, Sol Agro et hydrosystème Spatialisation
- MGMargaret Garcia
Arizona State University
Topics & keywords
- Sustainable development
- Environmental planning
- Environmental science
- Environmental resource management
- Business
- Political science