Digitizing water management: Toward the innovative use of blockchain technologies to address sustainability

Sriyono, Edy

doi:10.1080/23311916.2020.1769366

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“…4.3.3 Water. Water is always considered as a rare resource (Sriyono, 2020). To meet the current and future demand of clean and drinkable water, smart water management through digitization of the water asset is required and BCT can be an effective tool for this task (Poberezhna, 2018).…”

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Blockchain technology for sustainable development: a systematic literature review

Joshi

Tewari²,

Kumar³

et al. 2023

JGOSS

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Purpose Blockchain technology (BCT) is one of the latest disruptive innovations, brought along with-it immense scope of diverse applications contributing towards sustainable development (SD). The consistent increase in the publications reveal that the application of BCT for SD has become popular among researchers and practitioners in past few years, in turn, urged for a systematic literature review (SLR) to get an insight into the research journey travelled so far and setting directions for future research in this area. Therefore, this study aims to identify, map and synthesize the available literature on application of BCT for SD. Design/methodology/approach The automatic and manual search resulted into 1,277 studies from Scopus and Web of Science database. Further applying inclusion and exclusion criterion resulted in bringing out total of 157 studies, which were termed as primary studies. Based on the results of descriptive analysis, conducted through Bibliometric and VOSviewer software, the characteristics of BCT and its key capabilities, contributing towards shaping the recent SD literature, were critically examined. Identified research themes for clustering primary studies were aligned with United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UNSDG). A mind-map was also prepared on the basis of thematic classification of primary studies. Findings The research themes “business practice and economic sustainability”, “agriculture and food security” and “business practice and environment sustainability” were found to be the focal points of scholarly attention. Synthesis and analysis of primary studies resulted into classification of research gaps under four categories – theoretical foundation, methodological limitation, research themes and technology implementation challenges. The study was concluded by sensitizing and sanitizing the concrete research questions for future research. Research limitations/implications The research findings shall be a roadmap for research scholars, academicians and practitioners to comprehend the present state of knowledge in the domain of “BCT application for SD” and decide upon adopting the future course of action to attain the UNSDGs by the year 2030. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the current study is the first attempt in its own sense to analyse and synthesize the available literature on “attaining SD through BCT” using SLR approach.

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Blockchain technology for sustainable development: a systematic literature review

Joshi

Tewari²,

Kumar³

et al. 2023

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“…Such an enhancement might be made possible, for example, by the development of cryptocurrencies and the use of smart contracts to encourage actions aimed at water resource conservation. Sriyono (2020) investigates the potential of blockchain technology to aid in the efficient management of water resources and offers a framework and architecture for blockchain and water management.…”

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Blockchain Applications and Opportunities for Water Resources and Hydrology: A Systematic Review

Satilmsioglu¹,

Sermet²,

Demir³

2023

Preprint

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Although blockchain technology was first applied for peer-to-peer financial transactions, it has been used for the digitalization of physical asset management and data management processes in many areas in the industry and academia, including the water domain. Its potential as an immutable data storage system and smart contract integration has provided a plethora of use cases and utility in the domain of hydrology and water resources. In this article, a comprehensive systematic literature review on blockchain applications, opportunities and challenges for the water sector is conducted. The study provides the examination of academic publications, technical reports, whitepapers, hackathon projects, non-academic content and evaluation of the published year, focused hydrology sub-domain, utilized blockchain networks, tools, and development level of application of reviewed content. The current status of blockchain technology in the hydrology literature, potential application areas in the water sector, research gaps, and challenges are discussed from different perspectives, and future study areas are recommended.

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“…Because most centrally managed infrastructure systems store their data in the Cloud, the entire system is vulnerable to cyberattack. In contrast, blockchain technology facilitates IoT transactions among participating devices while storing sensitive data locally, Figure 1 Blockchain platform of water resources management thus helping to protect the integrity of centralized infrastructure systems (Dogo et al, 2019;Sriyono, 2020;Mahmoud et al, 2021) and ultimately helping to secure uninterrupted access to critical services.…”

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Blockchain for environmental peacebuilding: application in water management

Huseynov,

Mitchell

2023

DPRG

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to spur further exploration of blockchain technologies for environmental peacebuilding, specifically through water management. Although the environmental peacebuilding field acknowledges the potentially transformative nature of frontier technologies, most existing studies do not address how such technologies can contribute to peacebuilding through improved natural resource governance. Using a theory synthesis research design, this conceptual paper connects these studies to discuss how blockchain technologies in water management may contribute to environmental peacebuilding through the efficient and transparent management of natural resources. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a conceptual approach and a theory synthesis research design to present potential mechanisms through which blockchain technology can potentially contribute to environmental peacebuilding. Findings The authors discuss the limitations in the literature on environmental peacebuilding, blockchain and water management, concluding that the third generation of studies should focus on the role of frontier technologies. This approach should especially address the negative consequences of technology for peacebuilding objectives. The authors argue that blockchain applications in water management can potentially contribute to environmental peacebuilding objectives in three ways: (i) creating a mechanism for confidence-building in low-trust contexts through automated and transparent water transactions, (ii) facilitating postconflict economic development through attracting capital and increasing the efficiency of water management and (iii) improving governance through greater transparency and local participation in natural resource management. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is among the first to conceptually explore the use of blockchain technology for water management in the context of environmental peacebuilding. The insights from this study can guide policymakers of conflict sides that focus on resolving issues such as lack of governance and low state agency.

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Digitizing water management: Toward the innovative use of blockchain technologies to address sustainability

Cited by 23 publications

References 8 publications

Blockchain technology for sustainable development: a systematic literature review

Blockchain technology for sustainable development: a systematic literature review

Blockchain Applications and Opportunities for Water Resources and Hydrology: A Systematic Review

Blockchain for environmental peacebuilding: application in water management

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