Abstract
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
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 883-899 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Water International |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 6 Oct 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Water security
- public health
- sustainable development goals
- São Paulo
- London
- megacities