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ArticleSustainability science2017

Groundwater and human development: synergies and trade-offs within the context of the sustainable development goals.

Maya Velis, Kirstin I Conti, Frank Biermann

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Article in Sustainability science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maya Velis1Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5685-285X
Kirstin I ContiInternational Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre, Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft, The Netherlands.
Frank Biermann1Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article argues that groundwater-accounting for 98% of all fresh water on earth-is central to human development. Drawing upon studies at the regional and sub-regional level, this review article explores synergies and trade-offs between groundwater development and human development. On one hand, groundwater exploitation may enhance human development. Groundwater's "untapped potential" related to various aspects of human development involves (a) water supply for irrigation and domestic purposes; (b) climate change adaptation and hydrological resilience; (c) hydrogeological storage of CO

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GroundwaterHuman developmentSustainable developmentSynergiesTrade-offs

Identifiers

PMID30147765
PMCPMC6086250

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