Mdee, A orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-1840, Ofori, A orcid.org/0000-0002-0912-067X, Lopez-Gonzalez, G orcid.org/0000-0002-0814-8830 et al. (11 more authors) (2022) The top 100 global water questions: Results of a scoping exercise. One Earth, 5 (5). pp. 563-573. ISSN 2590-3330
Abstract
Global water security presents a complex problem for human societies and will become more acute as the impacts of climate change escalate. Water security connects the practical water and sanitation challenges of households to the dynamics of global hydroclimates and ecosystems in the Anthropocene. To ensure the successful deployment of attention and resources, it is necessary to identify the most pressing questions for water research. Here, we present the results of a scoping exercise conducted across the global water sector. More than 400 respondents submitted an excess of 4,000 potential questions. Drawing on expert analysis, we highlight 100 indicative research questions across six thematic domains: water and sanitation for human settlements; water and sanitation safety risk management; water security and scarcity; hydroclimate-ecosystem-Anthropocene dynamics; multi-level governance; and knowledge production. These questions offer an interdisciplinary and multi-scalar framework for guiding the nature and space of water research for the coming decades.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | anthropocene; governance; scoping exercise; SDG6; WASH; water; sanitation; research priorities |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2022 15:04 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2025 09:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cell Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.009 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187186 |