Water for food security, nutrition and social justice

In many slums and informal settlements in the global South, the quality of water accessed by poor people is so bad that it adversely affects health and nutrition, especially of children and babies. Moreover, many of these settlements lack adequate sanitation, which contributes to disease, such as di...

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Main Authors: Mehta, Lyla, Oweis, Theib, Ringler, Claudia, Schreiner, Barbara, Varghese, Shiney
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: Routledge 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108658
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author Mehta, Lyla
Oweis, Theib
Ringler, Claudia
Schreiner, Barbara
Varghese, Shiney
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description In many slums and informal settlements in the global South, the quality of water accessed by poor people is so bad that it adversely affects health and nutrition, especially of children and babies. Moreover, many of these settlements lack adequate sanitation, which contributes to disease, such as diarrhoea, which further contributes to poor nutritional outcomes. Safe drinking water and sanitation are fundamental to the nutrition, health and dignity of all. Despite the progress made in achieving global targets around water and sanitation, about 3 in 10 people, or 2.1 billion lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation. Growing water scarcity and variability will increase the competition for water resources across sectors, with water often being taken away from the agricultural sector to drive greater economic value per unit of water in other sectors. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
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spelling CGSpace1086582025-12-08T09:54:28Z Water for food security, nutrition and social justice Mehta, Lyla Oweis, Theib Ringler, Claudia Schreiner, Barbara Varghese, Shiney water food security nutrition social rights irrigated farming agriculture hygiene quality of life water management land productivity water distribution systems human rights foods In many slums and informal settlements in the global South, the quality of water accessed by poor people is so bad that it adversely affects health and nutrition, especially of children and babies. Moreover, many of these settlements lack adequate sanitation, which contributes to disease, such as diarrhoea, which further contributes to poor nutritional outcomes. Safe drinking water and sanitation are fundamental to the nutrition, health and dignity of all. Despite the progress made in achieving global targets around water and sanitation, about 3 in 10 people, or 2.1 billion lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation. Growing water scarcity and variability will increase the competition for water resources across sectors, with water often being taken away from the agricultural sector to drive greater economic value per unit of water in other sectors. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. 2019-09 2020-07-03T06:56:47Z 2020-07-03T06:56:47Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108658 en https://www.rural21.com/english/current-issue/detail/article/water-for-all-making-sdg-6-a-reality.html https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab003 https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/with-climate-change-impacts-accelerating-we-need-to-re-think-the-human-right-to-water/ Limited Access Routledge Mehta, L.; Oweis, T.; Ringler, C.; Schreiner, B.; Varghese, S. 2019. Water for Food Security, Nutrition and Social Justice. London, UK: Taylor & Francis. 232p. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351747622
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hygiene
quality of life
water management
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water distribution systems
human rights
foods
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Oweis, Theib
Ringler, Claudia
Schreiner, Barbara
Varghese, Shiney
Water for food security, nutrition and social justice
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food security
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agriculture
hygiene
quality of life
water management
land productivity
water distribution systems
human rights
foods
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