Formulation of citizen science approach for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 6

Clean water and sanitation for an Indian city

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ID12308455
AuthorsVenkatesh Baskaran (0000-0002-8765-0019, Department of Civil Engineering Government College of Engineering Tirunelveli India, corresponding author), R Velkennedy (0000-0001-6536-8779, Department of Civil Engineering Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai India)
Year2022
Volume31
Issue1
Pages56-66
Publication date2022-08-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainable Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sd.2373
OpenAlexW4295705311
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited64

The United Nations acknowledges that action in one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will impact outcomes in others and that development should interact the social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Many countries have prioritized goals and targets based on their current progress and the prosperity of their people. This article focused on SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation, especially the first two (6.1 and 6.2) out of eight targets. The author has considered SDG 6, a critical goal to focus on and achieve in Tirunelveli city municipal corporation. The study area is situated in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India's southernmost state. Citizen science (CS), also known as community science, has emerged as an effective method of collecting data and supporting a wide range of indicators from the SDG targets. The objective of this article is to utilize the benefit of the CS approach for monitoring the targets 6.1 and 6.2 pertained to drinking water and sanitation facilities respectively in the study area. The activities suggested for this SDG 6 CS project were framing the core question, identification of citizen scientists, data analysis, and action plan. College students, ward councilors, and community volunteers, referred to as three categories of citizen scientists, will collect household data for all 55 wards in the study area. The value of the collected data to various government agencies and monitoring organizations is also discussed

Action plan · Business · Citizen science · Clean water · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Government (linguistics · Management · Municipal corporation · Political science · Prosperity · Public relations · Sanitation · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Tamil · Engineering · Environmental Science · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Environmental Engineering

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