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Watershed-Based Management for Sustainable Freshwater Resources

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Clean Water and Sanitation

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Synonyms

Aquifer; Catchment; Environmental flows; Riparian zone; River basin; Water limitation; Water security

Definition

A useful definition of sustainable water resources means identifying a management framework that ensures dependable water resources in both quantity and quality for multiple generations (Loucks 2000). This ideal management goal requires explicitly including strategies to protect biophysical processes directly related to the water itself, for example, aquifer recharge, and also strategies to protect water-dependent organisms that contribute to the self-sufficiency of local communities, for example, fisheries, shellfish.

Introduction

Freshwater scarcity is increasingly being recognized as the limiting global resource for the coming century. Currently, it is estimated that four billion people experience insufficient water availability on a monthly basis, impacting sanitation and food security (Mekonnen and Hoekstra 2016). In light of this, the UN-SDG6 has made...

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  1. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Rebecca Schneider

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. University of Coimbra, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

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Schneider, R. (2022). Watershed-Based Management for Sustainable Freshwater Resources. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Clean Water and Sanitation. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95846-0_195

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