Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals

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) expe...

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Autores principales: Sood, Aditya, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Villholth, Karen G., Liyanage, Nirosha, Wada, Y., Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Dickens, Chris
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81500
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author Sood, Aditya
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Eriyagama, Nishadi
Villholth, Karen G.
Liyanage, Nirosha
Wada, Y.
Ebrahim, Girma Yimer
Dickens, Chris
author_browse Dickens, Chris
Ebrahim, Girma Yimer
Eriyagama, Nishadi
Liyanage, Nirosha
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Sood, Aditya
Villholth, Karen G.
Wada, Y.
author_facet Sood, Aditya
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Eriyagama, Nishadi
Villholth, Karen G.
Liyanage, Nirosha
Wada, Y.
Ebrahim, Girma Yimer
Dickens, Chris
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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace815002025-11-07T08:44:37Z Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals Sood, Aditya Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Eriyagama, Nishadi Villholth, Karen G. Liyanage, Nirosha Wada, Y. Ebrahim, Girma Yimer Dickens, Chris environmental flows environmental management sustainable development development policies rivers river basins stream flow surface water groundwater groundwater recharge water resources water management water availability aquifers ecosystems stakeholders indicators runoff hydrology models 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. 2017 2017-06-09T04:35:01Z 2017-06-09T04:35:01Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81500 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Sood, Aditya; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Villholth, Karen G.; Liyanage, Nirosha; Wada, Y.; Ebrahim, Girma; Dickens, Chris. 2017. Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 37p. (IWMI Research Report 168) doi: 10.5337/2017.201
spellingShingle environmental flows
environmental management
sustainable development
development policies
rivers
river basins
stream flow
surface water
groundwater
groundwater recharge
water resources
water management
water availability
aquifers
ecosystems
stakeholders
indicators
runoff
hydrology
models
Sood, Aditya
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Eriyagama, Nishadi
Villholth, Karen G.
Liyanage, Nirosha
Wada, Y.
Ebrahim, Girma Yimer
Dickens, Chris
Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
title Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
title_full Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
title_fullStr Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
title_full_unstemmed Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
title_short Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
title_sort global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals
topic environmental flows
environmental management
sustainable development
development policies
rivers
river basins
stream flow
surface water
groundwater
groundwater recharge
water resources
water management
water availability
aquifers
ecosystems
stakeholders
indicators
runoff
hydrology
models
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81500
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