Elsevier,
Competition for Water Resources: Experiences and Management Approaches in the US and Europe, 2017, Pages 19-35
This book chapter addresses goals 6 and 12 by providing an overview of water resources in Europe and the associated anthropogenic and natural pressures. It further introduces the main instrument of the European Union (the Water Framework Directive) initiated as a response to the expected water crisis.
Elsevier,
Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture, Chapter 15, 2017, Pages 295–306
This chapter considers the developments in agricultural technology required to fully achieve SDG 2 (zero hunger) can sometimes be detrimental to the environment. Climate smart technologies are needed.
Elsevier,
Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation, Chapter 7, 2017, Pages 95–107
Green innovations will be significant in reducing climate change impacts and contributing to goals 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and 13 (climate action). This chapter considers a number of sustainable and innovative transport and infrastructure options to support these goals.
Elsevier,
International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition), 2017, Pages 350-360
This chapter advances SDG 6 by explaining a multidisciplinary approach to drinking water from a public health perspective and how it is important as poverty, with its associated unsanitary living conditions and lack of access to water, proper nutrition, health care, and education, is the overwhelming determinant of infection and malnutrition.
Elsevier,
International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition), 2017, Pages 148-158
This chapter advances SDG 6 by summarizing water contaminants (that have been included in current promulgated regulations) and emerging agents (that have been considered as contaminant candidates which may require further regulation), current regulations, and treatment options.
Elsevier,
International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition), 2017, Pages 556-562
Focuses on homelessness from a public health perspective – its prevalence, its relationship to specific health conditions, and various interventions intended to ameliorate homelessness and the health problems with which it is associated.
Elsevier,
International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition), 2017, Pages 434-443
This chapter advances goals 3 and 5 by examining the biological and social reasons women are disporportionately affected by mental health issues. It advocates for a gender-based approach to mental health programs to help women with the unique set of challenges they face.
