TY - JOUR
T1 - Water security in two megacities: Observations on public actions during 2020 in São Paulo and London
AU - Macedo Alves, Estela
AU - Geere, Jo-Anne
AU - Gutierres Arteiro Da Paz, Mariana
AU - Jacobi, Pedro Roberto
AU - Grandisoli, Edson
AU - Sullaiman, Samia
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper discusses water security and wellbeing within a public health perspective and focuses on urban areas with high population density. It analyses access to safe water and the multiple challenges to water security in two megacities: São Paulo and London, comparing differences and similarities. It illustrates how water security and health are related to Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6): universal and equitable access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, and SDG3: healthy lives and well-being for all, focusing on the problem exacerbated by the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, during 2020
AB - This paper discusses water security and wellbeing within a public health perspective and focuses on urban areas with high population density. It analyses access to safe water and the multiple challenges to water security in two megacities: São Paulo and London, comparing differences and similarities. It illustrates how water security and health are related to Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6): universal and equitable access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, and SDG3: healthy lives and well-being for all, focusing on the problem exacerbated by the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, during 2020
KW - Water security
KW - public health
KW - sustainable development goals
KW - São Paulo
KW - London
KW - megacities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116438513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02508060.2021.1970376
DO - 10.1080/02508060.2021.1970376
M3 - Article
SN - 0250-8060
VL - 46
SP - 883
EP - 899
JO - Water International
JF - Water International
IS - 6
ER -
