TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban water management: Can UN SDG 6 be met within the Planetary Boundaries?
AU - Sørup, Hjalte Jomo Danielsen
AU - Brudler, Sarah
AU - Godskesen, Berit
AU - Dong, Yan
AU - Lerer, Sara Maria
AU - Rygaard, Martin
AU - Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Karsten
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Water is key to keeping urban areas safe and healthy for humans and hence safe sanitation and waste water treatment is promoted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We show that emissions from existing state-of-the-art water technologies are problematic from a Planetary Boundaries (PBs) perspective. The magnitude of the climate change impact in relation to the PB based normalization is much higher than for any other PB. The current paradigm for urban water management needs a radical change for society to be served while emissions are reduced to a level that complies with the Planetary Boundaries.
AB - Water is key to keeping urban areas safe and healthy for humans and hence safe sanitation and waste water treatment is promoted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We show that emissions from existing state-of-the-art water technologies are problematic from a Planetary Boundaries (PBs) perspective. The magnitude of the climate change impact in relation to the PB based normalization is much higher than for any other PB. The current paradigm for urban water management needs a radical change for society to be served while emissions are reduced to a level that complies with the Planetary Boundaries.
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.01.015
M3 - Journal article
VL - 106
SP - 36
EP - 39
JO - Environmental Science & Policy
JF - Environmental Science & Policy
SN - 1462-9011
ER -
