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Water conflicts and sustainable development: concepts, impacts, and management approaches

2024· book-chapter· en· W4401381439 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueCurrent directions in water scarcity research · 2024
Typebook-chapter
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicTransboundary Water Resource Management
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Victoria
Fundersnot available
KeywordsEnvironmental planningSustainable developmentEnvironmental resource managementBusinessEnvironmental sciencePolitical science

Abstract

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Water scarcity has caused humans to lose their ability to produce food and energy and caused conflicts to access water in agricultural, industrial, and municipal sectors at international, regional, national, and local levels. The water crisis disrupts water resources’ ecological, social, and economic values and functions. These issues have gradually endangered people’s food security and social satisfaction and have emerged in migrations, social conflicts, and violence. In recent years, we have witnessed protests in different areas as a result of the water crisis and policies related to it. Indeed, the water crisis has led to public dissatisfaction. Water conflicts arise when there is a limited and unequal distribution of water resources, leading to tension between different stakeholders such as local communities, governments, and industries. Achieving sustainable development requires the effective management and allocation of water resources to ensure equal access to water is provided for all and to reduce any negative effects that come with water usage on the environment. The impacts of water conflicts can be environmental, resulting in water scarcity, water pollution, loss of aquatic biodiversity, and damaged ecosystems. There are also socioeconomic impacts such as reduced access to water, displacement of communities, and conflict amongst user groups. Different management approaches proposed to address water conflicts and promote sustainable development include sustainable water governance, integrated water resources management, and community-based management. These approaches aim to balance water use, promote efficient and sustainable water use, and enhance the resilience of water systems amidst environmental and socioeconomic changes. In general, managing water resources sustainably is crucial for promoting economic, social, and environmental well-being. Addressing water conflicts is an essential step in achieving sustainable development. The chapter systematically reviews and explains the concepts, causes, different categories, and impacts of water conflicts and their relations with sustainable development. It also argues for water conflict management approaches and policy implications for sustainable development.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.005
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Science and technology studies, Scholarly communication
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.975
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0050.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.000
Science and technology studies0.0020.002
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.002
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.160
GPT teacher head0.381
Teacher spread0.221 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it