Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries

Desclos, April; Mattos, Kaitlin; Mulhern, Riley; Naughton, Colleen C.; Anthonj, Carmen; Brown, Joe; Brocklehurst, Clarissa; Brooks, Cecelia; Garcia, Nathan S.; Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald; Linden, Karl G.; Lindsay, C. Michael; Newby, Jennifer; Sinclair, Ryan; Smith, Alan

doi:10.2166/washdev.2021.057

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“…However, a few papers focused on the importance of ensuring a proper energy mix [130,158], which emerged after the war crisis in particular. Moreover, although highly mapped, significant WASH-related (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) knowledge gaps exist according to [181]. For instance, poor progress and comparable spatial data worldwide on SDG 6 were highlighted by [71].…”

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Progress by Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review

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Scientific research has been acknowledged to play a pivotal role in achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. Vice-versa, since its adoption, the 2030 Agenda has been reinvigorating the academic production on sustainable development. This study provides a systematic literature review of the most used and newly developed approaches by academic research to support the achievement of the SDGs in the EU. The results are presented by descriptive, bibliometric, and content analysis. The descriptive analysis highlights a rising interest of scholars in operationalizing the 2030 Agenda, with a growing interest at the urban level. A text-mining tool was employed to scan the most investigated SDGs in the selected papers. Major interest by scholars is devoted to environmental concerns (especially linked to SDG 13, 7, 6, 12, and 15), while social issues (e.g., SDG 4, 5, and 10) still deserve more research. The bibliometric analysis unveiled poor intra-cluster connections, highlighting the need for more transdisciplinary research. The most recurrent research fields on the SDGs in the EU are governance, circular economy, ecosystem services, urban localization, and decision making. We advise future studies to focus on gaps highlighted and adopt a system perspective, boosting Policy Coherence across governance levels and scales of implementation by looking at trade-offs and assessing context-specific priorities.

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Progress by Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review

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“…Changes in climate, shifting human populations due to political and societal changes, and resulting water stress can negatively affect the quality, reliability, or affordability of regular drinking water supplies . In resource-constrained or remote or rural communities, the level of service provided by “regular” water supplies is often inadequate, with gaps in service expected to widen in the face of these new challenges. , For example, in the Canadian Arctic, trucked water is used as a distribution system method due to permafrost layers that make it difficult to install underground pipe networks . In the face of changes in permafrost freeze–thaw patterns in the Arctic, shifting soil layers lead to broken underground pipes …”

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A Critical Review of the Global Use and Context of Trucked Water as a Potable Water Supply

Lane

Kumpel

2023

ACS EST Water

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Achieving global access to safe drinking water has primarily focused on providing on-plot water services. However, many communities are served by delivery of potable water trucked to homes for drinking and/or domestic purposes, whether during humanitarian emergencies, as a result of geographic remoteness, or other underlying factors. The goal of this study was to review literature and available global data surrounding trucked water to understand (1) the number of people served by trucked water, (2) scenarios when trucked water is used to deliver water, and (3) research challenges in trucked water services. We conducted a review of 118 peer-reviewed literature papers. These studies revealed key themes: water quality, cost, contexts, operation and management, and water quantity supplied. We also estimated the number of people served by trucked water using data from global surveys from 2009 to 2019, estimating a range of 29.6–64.1 million people served by trucked water globally. We identified several countries without known national data identifying use of trucked water but cited in the literature, including North America and Europe. Our findings demonstrate the widespread prevalence of trucked water supplies globally and identify reasons for trucked water delivery and challenges remaining for trucked water supplies.

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“…However, inequity persists at multiple scales (e.g., across and within regions, nations, and communities). For instance, some populations in high income countries remain unserved or poorly served, as do people living in fragile contexts such as conflict zones . Most nations in sub-Saharan Africa are backsliding or progressing too slowly to meet sanitation targets inspired by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Six (“ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”)…”

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Rural Sanitation Sustainability Dynamics: Gaining Insight through Participatory and Simulation Modeling

McAlister,

Namakula,

Annis

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Improved sanitation provides many benefits to human health and well-being and is integral to achieving Sustainable Development Goal Six. However, many nations, including most of sub-Saharan Africa, are not on track to meeting sanitation targets. Recognizing the inherent complexity of environmental health, we used systems thinking to study sanitation sustainability in Uganda. Our study participants, 37 sanitation actors in three rural districts, were engaged in interviews, group model building workshops, and a survey. The resulting model was parametrized and calibrated using publicly available data and data collected through the Uganda Sanitation for Health Activity. Our simulations revealed slippage from improved sanitation in all study districts, a behavior reflected in real interventions. This implies that systemic changes-changes to the rules and relationships in the system-may be required to improve sanitation outcomes in this context. Adding reinforcing feedback targeting households' perceived value of sanitation yielded promising simulation results. We conclude with the following general recommendations for those designing sanitation policies or interventions: (1) conceptualize sanitation systems in terms of reinforcing and balancing feedback, (2) consider using participatory and simulation modeling to build confidence in these conceptual models, and (3) design many experiments (e.g., simulation scenarios) to test and improve understanding.

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Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries

Cited by 16 publications

References 34 publications

Progress by Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review

Progress by Research to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review

A Critical Review of the Global Use and Context of Trucked Water as a Potable Water Supply

Rural Sanitation Sustainability Dynamics: Gaining Insight through Participatory and Simulation Modeling

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