Water, Health and Environmental Justice
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 360
Special Issue Editors
Interests: public health; epidemiology; environmental health; health inequalities; environmental conflicts; pollution; social determinants of health; water justice; transdisciplinarity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Access to adequate water services is a basic requirement for ensuring the health of human population. It is estimated that one-tenth of the global burden of disease could be averted with adequate water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and overall water resource management. Safe access to water could prevent, among other causes, millions of deaths from diarrhea and malnutrition, malaria and other vector-borne diseases, not to mention the potential direct and indirect socioeconomic effects of inadequate and inequitable water management. For example, many populations suffer water scarcity to cultivate the land and access food, while agribusiness grabs large quantities of water. However, the Sustainable Development Goal of providing safe drinking water for all is far from being achieved. In 2017, it was estimated that more than 2 billion people lacked access to safe drinking water, and the COVID-19 pandemic made both the causes and consequences of the lack of water and sanitation more visible and profound.
The risks associated with lack of safe water lead to health disparities, especially when the daily life contexts are plagued with social inequalities, often referred to as social determinants of health. In this sense, environmental health disparities occur in contexts of vulnerable and impoverished populations with poor access to health services, who are, at the same time, exposed to negative environmental conditions. Thus, this vicious loop of impoverishment: poor environmental quality: deprived health conditions sets out scenarios of injustice across the globe.
Therefore, this issue invites articles that analyze the inequitable exposure of marginalized and impoverished populations to the hazards of lack of access to safe water, that address the inequitable distribution of water-related environmental hazards, and that promote the principles of environmental justice by developing actions that advocate for fair treatment before the law and public policy and for the possibility of effective participation of all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age or income.
Prof. Dr. Fabian Mendez
Prof. Dr. Miguel Ricardo Peña
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water, sanitation
- health
- environmental justice
- health disparities
- social determinants of health
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