Global Environmental Flow Information for the Sustainable Development Goals

Sood, A., Smakhtin, V., Eriyagama, N., Villholth, K.G., Liyanage, N., Wada, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-2539, Ebrahim, G., & Dickens, C. (2017). Global Environmental Flow Information for the Sustainable Development Goals. IWMI Research Report 168 1-39. 10.5337/2017.201.

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Abstract

Environmental flows (EF) are an important component of Goal 6 (the ‘water goal’) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, many countries still do not have well-defined criteria on how to define EF. In this study, we bring together the International Water Management Institute’s (IWMI’s) expertise and previous research in this area to develop a new methodology to quantify EF at a global scale. EF are developed for grids (0.1 degree spatial resolution) for different levels of health (defined as environmental management classes [EMCs]) of river sections. Additionally, EF have been separated into surface water and groundwater components, which also helps in developing sustainable groundwater abstraction (SGWA) limits. An online tool has been developed to calculate EF and SGWA in any area of interest.

Item Type: Article
Research Programs: Water (WAT)
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Depositing User: Romeo Molina
Date Deposited: 04 May 2017 08:48
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 17:28
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/14559

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