Industrial water conservation by water footprint and sustainable development goals: a review

Weerasooriya, Rohan; Liyanage, L. P. K.; Rathnappriya, R. H. K.; Bandara, W. B. M. A. C.; Perera, T. A. N. T.; Gunarathna, M. H. J. P.; Jayasinghe, G.Y.

doi:10.1007/s10668-020-01184-0

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“…Gender equality, which is highly emphasized in SDG5, is important in WFP assessment [49]. Our results indicate that male farmers have a higher WFP compared to their female counterparts (Table 4).…”

Section: Yield and Water Footprintmentioning

confidence: 64%

Socio-Economic Factors and Water Footprint in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Zimbabwe

Mwadzingeni

Mugandani²,

Mafongoya³

2022

Water

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Despite the need to grow crops with low water consumption needs, given the increasing water stress across many regions of the globe, assessments of crop water footprint (WFP) values have not received significant research attention in Zimbabwe. This unique study is the first of its kind to assess the mediation effect between socio-economic factors and crop WFP among smallholder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe. A total of 317 farmers from three schemes in Midlands Province in Zimbabwe participated in this study. The following were the main findings in terms of the examined variables: (1) Schemes (p < 0.01), Gender (p < 0.05), and Maint (p < 0.1) all decreased WFP_Maize; (2) education showed a reduction effect on the link between scheme maintenance and WFP_Maize; (3) secondary education has a higher impact on the magnitude of Maint on WFP_Maize; and (4) Maint and WFP_Maize have a positive correlation. This study illustrates the interaction of socio-economic factors on WFP and has substantial implications for simultaneously addressing the sustainable consumption of water for crop production, food security, and malnutrition in a changing climate.

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Section: Yield and Water Footprintmentioning

confidence: 64%

Socio-Economic Factors and Water Footprint in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Zimbabwe

Mwadzingeni

Mugandani²,

Mafongoya³

2022

Water

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“…There were three major groups of studies in this cluster. The first group examined the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDG) (Weerasooriya et al, 2021 ; Phillips, 2021 ; Udemba, 2022 ), and environmental conservation policies (Z. Wang et al, 2022 ; Zolin et al, 2020 ). The second group explored the adoption of a circular economy (di Vaio et al, 2023 ; Mirzaei & Shokouhyar, 2022 ; Rasool et al, 2022 ), environmental innovations (Tiwari & Thakur, 2021 ; Weimin et al, 2022 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Bibliometric analysis of sustainability papers: Evidence from Environment, Development and sustainability

Ellili

2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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This study aims to highlight the current trends in the literature on sustainability by applying a bibliometric review of papers on sustainability published in Environment, Development and Sustainability . Bibliometric analysis is a quantitative approach to bibliographic materials that highlights the core theoretical and empirical research on a specific field. In addition, it allows the classification of previous studies. Previous bibliometric reviewers were limited to sustainability papers in specific industries, while this study considers all papers on sustainability to provide further insights on overall sustainability topics. The analysis was based on keyword cartography analysis, bibliometric authors’ citation analysis, bibliometric papers’ citation analysis, bibliometric references’ co-citation analysis, journals’ co-citation cartography, and qualitative content analysis. A total of 997 articles on sustainability were reviewed. Bibliometric analysis was performed using VOSviewer and content analysis was performed using WordStat. Six major clusters were identified: environmental sustainability, sustainable development, urban sustainability, ecological footprint, environment, and climate change. In addition, the results reveal that Environment, Development and Sustainability has increasingly experienced important growth in research papers and citations, reflecting its significant contribution to the sustainability research field. In addition, this study presents recommendations for future research opportunities in the field of sustainability. The findings of this study have implications for sustainability research, such as the assessment of environmental and social sustainability in multinational institutional contexts and across industries as well as the examination of the impact of environmental and social sustainability on different corporate aspects and decisions. This study is the only one to review the key topics on which papers published in Environment, Development and Sustainability are focused and can be largely used for sustainability practices. This study provides an overview of how the literature on sustainability has developed, as well as a summary of the most productive authors, along with countries, organizations, and journal sources. This offers an opportunity for future research to focus on this topic.

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“…In recent decades, environmental pollution has become a globalization problem [ 1 , 2 ]. Environment pollution would induce water quality problems, especially excessive heavy metals [ 3 , 4 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Integrating Transcriptomics and Free Fatty Acid Profiling Analysis Reveal Cu Induces Shortened Lifespan and Increased Fat Accumulation and Oxidative Damage in C. elegans

Zhang

Zhou

et al. 2022

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

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Nowadays, human beings are exposed to Cu in varieties of environmental mediums, resulting in health risks needing urgent attention. Our research found that Cu shortened lifespan and induced aging-related phenotypes of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). Transcriptomics data showed differential expression genes induced by Cu were mainly involved in regulation of metabolism and longevity, especially in fatty acid metabolism. Quantitative detection of free fatty acid by GC/MS further found that Cu upregulated free fatty acids of C. elegans. A mechanism study confirmed that Cu promoted the fat accumulation in nematodes, which was owing to disorder of fatty acid desaturase and CoA synthetase, endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response (UPRER), mitochondrial membrane potential, and unfolded protein response (UPRmt). In addition, Cu activated oxidative stress and prevented DAF-16 translocating into nuclear with a concomitant reduction in the expression of environmental stress-related genes. Taken together, the research suggested that Cu promoted aging and induced fat deposition and oxidative damage.

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Industrial water conservation by water footprint and sustainable development goals: a review

Cited by 52 publications

References 136 publications

Socio-Economic Factors and Water Footprint in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Zimbabwe

Socio-Economic Factors and Water Footprint in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Zimbabwe

Bibliometric analysis of sustainability papers: Evidence from Environment, Development and sustainability

Integrating Transcriptomics and Free Fatty Acid Profiling Analysis Reveal Cu Induces Shortened Lifespan and Increased Fat Accumulation and Oxidative Damage in C. elegans

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