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Advancing the Water Footprint into an Instrument to Support Achieving the SDGs

Recommendations from the “Water as a Global Resources” Research Initiative (GRoW)

authored by: Markus Berger, Jazmin Campos, Mauro Carolli, Ianna Dantas, Silvia Forin, Ervin Kosatica, Annika Kramer, Natalia Mikosch, Hamideh Nouri, Anna Schlattmann, Falk Schmidt, Anna Schomberg, Elsa Semmling
Abstract: The water footprint has developed into a widely-used concept to examine water use and resulting local impacts caused during agricultural and industrial production. Building on recent advancements in the water footprint concept, it can be an effective steering instrument to support, inter alia, achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) - SDG 6 in particular. Within the research program “Water as a Global Resource” (GRoW), an initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, a number of research projects currently apply and enhance the water footprint concept in order to identify areas where water is being used inefficiently and implement practical optimization measures (see imprint for more information). With this paper, we aim to raise awareness on the potential of the water footprint concept to inform decision-making in the public and private sectors towards improved water management and achieving the SDGs.
Organisation(s): Institute of Environmental Planning
External Organisation(s): Technische Universität Berlin
United Nations University (UNU)
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
University of Bayreuth
adelphi consult GmbH
University of Göttingen
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
University of Kassel
Type: Article
Journal: Water resources management
Volume: 35
Pages: 1291-1298
No. of pages: 8
ISSN: 1573-1650
Publication date: 03.2021
Publication status: Published
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Civil and Structural Engineering, Water Science and Technology
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-02784-9 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{c6581c074f71493e8a0462452d312f73,
title = "Advancing the Water Footprint into an Instrument to Support Achieving the SDGs: Recommendations from the “Water as a Global Resources” Research Initiative (GRoW)",
abstract = "The water footprint has developed into a widely-used concept to examine water use and resulting local impacts caused during agricultural and industrial production. Building on recent advancements in the water footprint concept, it can be an effective steering instrument to support, inter alia, achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) - SDG 6 in particular. Within the research program “Water as a Global Resource” (GRoW), an initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, a number of research projects currently apply and enhance the water footprint concept in order to identify areas where water is being used inefficiently and implement practical optimization measures (see imprint for more information). With this paper, we aim to raise awareness on the potential of the water footprint concept to inform decision-making in the public and private sectors towards improved water management and achieving the SDGs.",
keywords = "Sustainable development goals, Water footprint",
author = "Markus Berger and Jazmin Campos and Mauro Carolli and Ianna Dantas and Silvia Forin and Ervin Kosatica and Annika Kramer and Natalia Mikosch and Hamideh Nouri and Anna Schlattmann and Falk Schmidt and Anna Schomberg and Elsa Semmling",
note = "Funding Information: Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. This paper was developed in the context of the funding measure “Water as a Global Resource” (GRoW), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany.",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1007/s11269-021-02784-9",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "1291--1298",
journal = "Water resources management",
issn = "1573-1650",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "4",
}