Impact of implementing constructed wetlands on supporting the sustainable development goals

Marwa M. Waly; Slobodan B. Mickovski; Craig Thomson; Kingsley Amadi

doi:10.3390/land11111963

Impact of implementing constructed wetlands on supporting the sustainable development goals

Marwa M. Waly^*, Slobodan B. Mickovski, Craig Thomson, Kingsley Amadi

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Abstract

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ (UN SDGs) action call promotes worldwide social, environmental, and economic prosperity. Each country developed a local plan to achieve the SDGs’ objectives and targets. The UN presents an annual global SDG progress report, based on an international indicator framework and regional available data. Wetland ecosystems contribute to the SDGs; however, more research is required to evaluate wetlands’ impact on sustainable development. This study investigates how implementing constructed wetlands (CW) at a local scale can contribute to achieving and promoting the SDGs with application in Kuwait. A preliminary design of a constructed wetlands wastewater treatment system is proposed alongside a local scoring framework based on regional information to assess the future projection of the SDGs in Kuwait. Overall, CW implementation plans contributed positively to improving the level of achievement of SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 3: Good Health, SDG 6: Clean Water, SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, and SDG 15: Life on Land. The analysis also highlights synergies that need to be considered for integrated environmental governance and enhanced policy coherence for Kuwait’s sustainable development management.

Original language	English
Article number	1963
Journal	Land
Volume	11
Issue number	11
Early online date	2 Nov 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/land11111963
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

Keywords

sustainability
wetlands
resilience
circular economy
NBS policies
oil and gas industry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Decision Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Energy
General Engineering
General Environmental Science

UN SDGs

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Waly, M.M. et al (2022) Impact of implementing constructed wetlands on supporting the sustainable development goals
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A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment
Farid, A., Alam, M. K., Goli, V. S. N. S., Akin, I. D., Akinleye, T., Chen, X., Cheng, Q., Cleall, P., Cuomo, S., Foresta, V., Ge, S., Iervolino, L., Iradukunda, P., Luce, C. H., Koda, E., Mickovski, S. B., O'Kelly, B. C., Paleologos, E. K., Peduto, D. & Ricketts, E. J. & 9 others, Sadegh, M., Sarris, T. S., Singh, D. N., Singh, P., Tang, C.-S., Tardio, G., Vaverikova, M. D., Veneris, M. & Winkler, J., Aug 2024, In: Fire. 7, 8, 20 p., 295.
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Bervie Braes at 10 years: critical review of the effectiveness of slope stabilisation measures
Mickovski, S. B., 2 Apr 2024, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024. ISSMGE
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The use of end-of-line SUDS for residential development
McLeod, M. K. & Mickovski, S. B., 19 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Sustainability Research. 6, 2, 24 p., e240031.
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ECOMED: Specialisation process for a soil and water bioengineering sector in the Mediterranean environment.
Mickovski, S. (CoI), Gallagher, C. (CoI), Gonzalez Ollauri, A. (CoI), Thomson, C. (CoI) & Garcia Rodriguez, J. L. (PI)
European Commission
19/01/17 → 19/01/19
Project: Research Grant
Stonehaven Flood Planning Audit
Meldrum, A. (PI), Mickovski, S. (CoI) & Mickovski, S. (CoI)
26/04/16 → 30/06/16
Project: Consultancy

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Impact of implementing constructed wetlands on supporting the sustainable development goals

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Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

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A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment

Bervie Braes at 10 years: critical review of the effectiveness of slope stabilisation measures

The use of end-of-line SUDS for residential development

Projects

ECOMED: Specialisation process for a soil and water bioengineering sector in the Mediterranean environment.

Stonehaven Flood Planning Audit

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