This interdisciplinary approach aims to present sustainable solutions to the growing challenge of ecological constraints while contributing to the achievement of the UN SDGs. Moreover, it addresses current management and policy concerns, highlighting the need for updated governance measures, particularly in light of international frameworks like the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.
Table of Contents
1. Advancements in Water Footprints Research for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: An Overview2. Machine Learning-Based Estimation of Blue Water Footprints for Transboundary Water Management in the Arid Southwestern United States
3. Water Footprint For Sustainable Practices
4. Water Footprint for sustainability under SDG 6 for rejuvenation, conservation, and preservation of water resources
5. Water footprint in Ganga River basin and its applications to Improve Ecological Services
6. Environmental Footprints of Water-Concepts, Tools, Importance and Challenges
7. The Water Footprint in Bioenergy and Other Primary Energy Sources
8. Water Footprints of Hydropower Projects
9. Evaluation of Water footprint under Dalbergia sissoo + Emblica offcinalis based Agroforestry model
10. Water Footprint of Forest and Orchard Trees: A comprehensive review
11. Water Footprint for Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices in Agroforestry: An overview
12. Water footprint assessment and its importance in the ecosystem
13. Water Footprint as a Tool for Integrated Water Resources Management
14. Water Footprint of Agricultural Production and Policy Implications
15. Water Footprint Assessment in Wastewater Treatment Plants: A Way’s Towards Practical Engineering Solution
16. Water footprint in Sponge City: How sustainable is that?
17. Chapter Structures, Challenges, and Future Perspectives of Water Footprint in Achieving the SDGs
Authors
Amit Kumar School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.Professor Kumar, a distinguished environmentalist and hydrologist, has been recognized among the top 2% of global scientists for three consecutive years (2022-2024). His research spans diverse areas, including the sources, fate, and transport of carbon across water, air, and soil, as well as greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs, lakes, and forests. Prof. Kumar earned his M.Tech and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, supported by an MHRD fellowship. He furthered his academic journey with postdoctoral research at Hohai University, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, China. Currently, he is a professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and works with the School of Hydrology and Water Resources. Throughout his illustrious career, Professor Kumar has edited five books and published over 150 peer-reviewed research and review articles in prestigious international journals. He has also participated in numerous international training programs and conferences, receiving fellowships from prominent organizations, including ICAR, ETH Zurich, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF), and DAAD.
In addition to his academic contributions, Prof. Kumar serves as an honorary Associate Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science, Frontiers in Microbiology, International Journal of River Basin Management (Taylor & Francis), and Weather, Climate, & Society. He is also an advisory board member for Ecological Indicators (Elsevier). Professor Kumar has successfully led two Young Scientist projects, one consultancy project, and a project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), further cementing his reputation as a leader in the field.
Dafeng Hui Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA.Dr. Dafeng Hui is Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in botany with an emphasis on ecology from the University of Oklahoma. His research interests lie in the broad areas of plant ecology, global change ecology, ecosystem ecology, and agro-ecology. Dr. Hui has published one book, several book chapters, and 200 papers in scientific journals including Nature, PNAS, Global Change Biology, Ecology, and New Phytologist. He has served as associate/academic editor for Plant Ecology, Journal of Plant Ecology, PLoSOne, The Crop Journal, and Frontier in Environmental Sciences, and on editorial boards of several other journals. Dr. Hui's research has been sponsored by the US NSF, USDA and DOE.
Junjie Lin School of Environment and Natural Resources, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.Dr. Lin is a professor of School of Environment and Resources, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology. He graduated from Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published 70 papers in Global Change Biology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Science of The Total Environment, Geoderma, Catena, etc. Dr. Lin is currently the young editor of Biochar and Carbon Research, the editor of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Frontier in Microbiology. Dr. Lin is mainly engaged in climate change and carbon and nitrogen cycle, agricultural waste recycling and soil remediation, and watershed ecology. His research is sponsored by 2 NFSC projects and international cooperation projects such as EU-sustainable farming.
Tarun Kumar Thakur Department of Environmental Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India.Prof. Tarun Kumar Thakur is a Professor and Head of Department of Environmental Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (A Central University), Madhya Pradesh, India. He completed his PhD in 2006 from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, India. His expertise and practical experience include bioremediation of heavy metals, microplastic pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems, riverine ecosystems, carbon neutrality in forestry etc. He has published more than 50 research and review articles in international journals of repute and completed 7 projects funded by Department of Science & Technology, MOEFCC, MPCST and MP State Biodiversity Board, India. Prof. Thakur is an honorary member of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM).
