A bibliometric study of the world’s research activity in sustainable development and its sub-areas using scientific literature

Abstract

This paper presents a bibliometric study of the world’s research activity in Sustainable Development using scientific literature. The study was conducted using data from the Scopus database over the time period of 2000–2010. We investigated the research landscape in Sustainable Development at country level and at institute level. Sustainable Development and its sub-areas are defined by keywords vetted by the domain experts, allowing publications to be identified independent of the journals and conferences in which they are published. The results indicate that institutes strong in Sustainable Development overall may not be strong in all sub-areas and that institutes not strong in Sustainable Development overall may have significant niche strengths in a given sub-area. It is also noted that China appears strong in terms of publication output in Sustainable Development and its sub-areas but it does not appear strong in terms of citation counts. The information produced in this study can be useful for government research agencies in terms of understanding how to more effectively knit together the various niche strengths in the country; and for the institutes to find strategic partners that can coordinate in niche areas of Sustainable Development and complement their strengths. In order to conduct bibliometric analysis in an interdisciplinary research area, the keyword collection approach appears to be very useful. This approach is flexible and can be used to conduct such analysis for interdisciplinary research fields.

Appendices

Appendix 1

See the Appendix Tables 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

Table 5 Sustainable Development taxonomies by The World Bank, UNDESA and OECD

Table 6 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Rural Development during 2000-2010

Table 7 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Urban Development during 2000–2010

Table 8 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Transport during 2000–2010

Table 9 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Agriculture during 2000–2010

Table 10 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Fisheries during 2000–2010

Table 11 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Sustainable Consumption and Production during 2000–2010

Table 12 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Water during 2000–2010

Table 13 Research strengths of top ten countries in terms of publication output in the sub-area Waste during 2000–2010

Table 14 Research strengths of top 15 institutions in terms of publication output in the sub-area Rural Development during 2000–2010

Table 15 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Urban Development during 2005–2010

Table 16 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Transport during 2005–2010

Table 17 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Agriculture during 2005–2010

Table 18 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Fisheries during 2005–2010

Table 19 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Sustainable Production and Consumption during 2005–2010

Table 20 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Water during 2005–2010

Table 21 Research strengths of top 15 institutions from all over the world in terms of publication output in the sub-area Waste during 2005–2010

Appendix 2

List of domain experts who helped to vet the keywords to define sub-areas of Sustainable Development

Prof. Tony Dalton (RMIT)

Prof. John Fien (RMIT)

Prof. Felicity Roddick (RMIT)

Dr. Sahra Bekessey (RMIT)

Dr. V V N Kishore (TERI University)

Dr. Rajiv Seth (TERI University)

Dr. Zhou Ping (ISTIC)

Dr. Junguo Liu (Beijing Forestry University)

Dr. Chen Guoqian (College of Engineering, Peking University)

Dr. Cheng Ming (Electrical Engineering School, Southeast University)

Dr. Liu Chunhua (Hong Kong University)

Dr. Li Xiaodong (Macau University of Science and Technology

Dr. Yu Xianjun (Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics)

Dr. Li YongFang (Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Dr. Dai SongYuan (Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Dr. Wu JiHuai (Institute of Materials Physical Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Functional Materials of Fujian Higher Education)

Dr. Zhang JingBo (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Dr. Weng Jian (Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Prof. Tanaka Noriyuki (Center for Sustainability Science, Hokkaido University)

Prof. Nagano Katsunori (Engineering Division of Human Environmental System Rural Development, Hokkaido University)

Prof. Osanami Fumio (Agriculture Division of Bio-resources and Product Science Research Group of Agricultural Economics, Hokkaido University)

Prof. Miyashita Kazushi (Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere Aquatic Research Station, Hokkaido University)

Prof. Yoshida Toshiya (Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere Forest Research Station Northern Forestry Research and Development Office, Hokkaido University)

Prof. Matsuto Toshihiko (Engineering Division of Built Environment, Hokkaido University)

Dr. Uchida Kenetsu (Assistant Professor at Engineering Division of Engineering and Policy for Cold Regional Environment, Hokkaido University)

Appendix 3

Agriculture

Keywords: “agricultural sustainability”,”agrobiodiversity”,”agroecology”,”alternative agriculture”,”climate friendly agriculture”,”cover crops”,”crop rotation”,”ecological agriculture”,”farming systems”,”grain for green”,”industrial agriculture”,”organic agriculture”,”organic farming”,”pastoralism”,”pastoralists”,”precision agriculture”,”precision farming”,”rainwater harvesting”,”shifting cultivation”,”slash-and-burn agriculture”,”sustainable agriculture”,”swidden agriculture”,”urban agriculture”,”desertification AND “agriculture”,”rainfed cultivation”,”subsistence agriculture”,”environmental degradation”,”integrated management practices”,”conventional farming system”

Keywords limited to source titles: “indigenous knowledge”,”sustainability”,”weed control”,”nitrate leaching”, “desertification”, “sustainable development”

Source Titles: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment,Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment,Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture,Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers,Biological Agriculture and Horticulture,Agronomy for Sustainable Development,International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology,Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering

Biodiversity

Keywords: biodiversity conservation”,”species-area relationship”,”threatened species”,”forest management”,”habitat loss”,”conservation planning”,”invasive species”,”nature conservation”,”indicator species”,”species richness”,”plant diversity”,”biodiversity”,”protected areas”,”marine biodiversity”,”species diversity”,”exotic species”,”habitat fragmentation”,”endangered species”,”marine protected areas”.

Keywords limited to source titles: “ecosystem services”,”ecosystem function”,”ecosystem functioning”,”endemism”,”macroecology”,”landscape ecology”,”ethnobotany”,”deforestation”,”ecosystem management”,”neotropics”,”tropical forest”,”phylogeography”,”vascular plants”,”macroinvertebrates”,”conservation”,”madagascar”,”reserve selection”

Source titles: Biological Conservation,Conservation Biology,Biodiversity and Conservation,Conservation Genetics,Journal of Soil and Water Conservation,Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,Animal Conservation,Environmental Conservation,Journal of Insect Conservation,Diversity and Distributions,Bird Conservation International

Climate Change:

Keywords: “climatic changes”,”climate warming”,”climate change”,”kyoto protocol”,”intergovermental panal on climate change (ipcc)”, “climate policy”,”paleoclimate”,”global climate change”,”climate variability”,(“carbon sequestration” AND “climate”),”global change”.

Keywords limited to source titles: “global warming”,”global change”,”phenology”,”carbon sequestration”,”holocene”,”greenhousegases”,”palynology”,”greenhouse effect”,”permafrost”,”north atlantic oscillation”,”extreme events”,”drought”,”land use change”,”sea-level rise”,”radiative forcing”,”human impact”,”greenhouse gas emissions”,”deforestation”,”stable isotopes”,”streamflow”,”sea ice”,”enso”,”floods”

Source titles: Journal of Climate,Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, International Journal of Climatology, Climatic Change, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Hydrology, IAHS-AISH Publication, Global and Planetary Change, Climate Research, Climate Dynamics, Hydrological Processes, Natural Hazards, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Advances in Geosciences, Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, Global Change Biology, Geographia Polonica.

Renewable Energy:

Keywords: “renewable energy”, “renewable energy systems”, “renewable energy sources”, “renewable energy technologies”, “renewable energies”, “alternative energy”, “sustainable energy”, “solar energy”, “water energy”, “wind power generation”, “wind energy”, “biomass energy”, “geothermal energy”, “bioenergy”, “photovoltaic”, “dye-sensitized solar cells”, “dye-sensitized solar cell”, “photovoltaic cell”, “photovoltaic cells”, “organic solar cell”, “organic solar cells”, “microbial fuel cell”, “photovoltaic power systems”, “organic photovoltaics”, “organic photovoltaic”, “wind energy generation”, “wind energy potential”“wind generator systems”, “wind energy conversion system (wecs)”, “wind energy conversion system”, “wind turbines”, “solar cell”, “solar cells”, “solar collector”, “wind park”, “offshore wind energy”, “wind power plant”, “wind farm”, “wind generator”, “biogas”, “wave energy”, “biofuels”, “hydropower”, “biofuel”, “renewable resources”, “wind farm”, “wind power”, “photovoltaics”, “wind turbine”, “biodiesel”, “energy crops”, “renewables”, “wind power density”, “photovoltaic effect” AND (“sustainable development” OR (“sustainability” OR “sustainable”)), “wind characteristics” AND (“sustainable development” OR (“sustainability” OR “sustainable”)), “geothermal energy”,”geothermal power”,”geothermal power generation”,”thermal energy storage”,”downhole heat exchanger”,”geothermal heating”,”geothermal heat pumps”,”geothermal heat pump”,”ground-coupled heat pump”,”enhanced geothermal system”,”geothermal power plant”,”latent heat thermal energy storage”,”enhanced geothermal systems”,(“space heating” OR “space cooling”) AND (“geothermal” OR “geothermics”),”ground source heat pump”geothermal resources”underground thermal energy storage”phase change material (PCM)

Fisheries

Keywords: “sustainable fisheries”,”marine protected areas”,”marine reserves”,”ccamlr”,”bycatch”,”artisanal fisheries”,”overfishing”,”aquaculture”,”fish biomass”,”fish farming”,”fisheries management”,”fishery management”,”shrimp aquaculture”,”integrated aquaculture”,”mariculture”,”marine reserve”,”(“fisheries” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“fishery” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“fisheries management” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“fishery management” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“haddock” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“seabirds” AND “fish” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“atlantic salmon” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“longline” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,”(“trawling” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”,(“cod” AND “fish” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“salmon” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“gadus morhua” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“fishing” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“fish stocking” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“salmo salar” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“herring” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“shrimp” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“barramundi” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“rainbow trout” AND “farm” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“farmed acquatic animal” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),(“fish” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))

Keywords limited to source titles: “tilapia”,”penaeus monodon”,”rainbow trout”,”oreochromis niloticus”,”longline”,”atlantic salmon”,”salmo salar”,”salmon”

Source titles: Aquaculture Economics and Management,Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management,Biological Conservation,CCAMLR Science,Conservation Genetics,Ecology, Environment and Conservation,Fisheries Management and Ecology,North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Forestry:

Keywords: “sustainable forestry”,”forest sustainability”,”sustainable forest management”“community forestry”,”agroforestry”,”urban forestry”,”natural regeneration”,”silviculture”,”coarse woody debris”,”boreal forest”,”forest inventory”,”afforestation”,”reforestation”,”forest structure”,”deforestation”,”wildfire”,”forest fire”,”leaf area index”,”tropical forest”,”stand structure”,”forest health”,”forest policy”,”forest fragmentation”,”forest fires”,”forest management”,”forest dynamics”,”prescribed fire”,”secondary forest”,”tropical deforestation”,”leaf area index (lai)”,”tropical forests”,”tropical rain forest”,”(“forest soil” AND “forestry”)”,”(“thinning” AND “forestry”)”,”(“forestry” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”))”

Keywords limited to source titles: “lai”,”carbon sequestration”,”pinus ponderosa”,”ponderosa pine”,”picea abies”,”pinus sylvestris”

Source titles: Agroforestry,Boreal forest,Coarse woody debris,Community forestry,Deforestation,Forest fire,Forest health,Forest inventory,Forest policy,Forest structure,Forest sustainability,Leaf area index,Natural regeneration,Reforestation,Silviculture,Stand structure,Sustainable forest management,Sustainable forestry,Tropical foresturban forestry,wildfire

Rural Development:

Keywords: “rural sociology”,”rural geography”,”rural communities”,”agrarian economics”,”rural population”,”rural communities”,”rural community”,”local knowledge”,”rural development”,”rural geography”,”rural tourism”,”rural sociology”,”rural health”,”environmental sociology”,(“deep structure” AND “sociology”),(“farming” AND “sociology”),”logger training”,”natural resource sociology”,”rural ecology”,”rural economics”,”rural sociology discrete choice models”,(“folk classification” AND “sociology”),(“genetic counselling” AND “sociology”),(“consanguinity” AND (“sustainable development” OR “sustainability”)),”area de conservacion Guanacaste”,”mountain farms”,”agricultural economics”.

Keywords limited to source titles: “family farms”,”farm succession”,”spatial econometrics”,”social capital”,”non-timber forest products”, “rurality”, “telehealth”, “rural areas”,”technology adoption”,”organic farming”

Source titles: Agricultural Economics,Agriculture and Human Values,Agronomy for Sustainable Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics,American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Community Development Journal, Developing Economies, Development Southern Africa, Ecological Economics, Energy for Sustainable Development, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Forest Policy and Economics, Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Journal of Agrarian Change, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Journal of International Development, Journal of Rural Cooperation, Journal of Rural Development, Journal of Rural Health, Journal of R Studies, Land Degradation and Development, Livestock Research for Rural Development, Mountain Research and Development, Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Review of Development Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, Rural and remote health, Rural Sociology, Sociologia Ruralis, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, World Development

Sustainable production and consumption

Keywords:”sustainable production”,”sustainable consumption”,”cleaner production”,”environmental product policy”,”sustainable procurement”,”sustainable energy use”,”waste management”,”industrial ecology”,”green marketing”,”life-cycle thinking”,”industrial symbiosis”,”green innovation”,”green process innovation”,”green product innovation”,”pollution prevention”,”life cycle assessment”,”eco-efficiency”,”waste minimization”,”sustainable production and consumption”,”sustainable consumption and production”,”environmental management accounting”,”integrated product policy”,”industrial sustainability”,”green consumerism”,”sustainable chemistry”,”eco-supply chain”,”greening of industry”,”green core competence”,”product stewardship”,”steady-state economy”,”ecospace”,”ecological footprint”,”natural resource accounting”,”life cycle costing”,”whole-of-life- costing”,”sustainable lifestyle”,

Keywords limited to source titles: “rebound effect”,”fair trade”,”recycling”,”product service system”,”input–output analysis”,“basic human needs”

Source titles: Ecological Economics,Journal of Industrial Ecology,Energy Policy,International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment,Environmental Science and Technology,Ecological Modelling,Journal of Environmental Management,Energy and Environment,WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Transport:

Keywords: “sustainable urban mobility”,”sustainable cities”,”sustainable mobility”,”sustainable urban transport”,”sustainable transport policy”,”sustainable transport and mobility”,”sustainable transport performance indicators”,”environmental impacts of urban transport”,”sustainable transportation”,”green car”,”green mobility”,”liquid nitrogen powered engine “,”electric vehicles (evs)”,”electric vehicles”,”electric vehicle”,”electric vehicle (ev)”,”(“eco-design” OR “ecodesign” OR “design for environment” OR “environment friendly”) AND “transportation”“,”sustainable transport indicators”,”car sharing”,”slowly increasing steer”,”marginal willingness to pay for car efficiency”,”intelligent car”,”safety belt”,”vehicle security”,”safety vehicular communication”,”vehicle safety communications”,”child safety seat”,”sustainable transport”,”transport sustainability”,”transport emission reduction”,”green vehicles”,”green transport”,”cycling”,”transit oriented development”,”fuel efficient AND vehicle”,”fuel efficient AND transport”,”hybrid electric vehicles”,”hybrid vehicles”,”fuel cell electric vehicle (fcev)”,”fuel cell electric vehicle”,”hybrid and alternative drive vehicles”,”road vehicle electric propulsion”,”regenerative braking”,”hybrid vehicle”,”hybrid electric vehicle (hev)”,”plug-in hybrid electric vehicle”,”hybrid electric vehicles (hevs)”,”hybrid electric vehicle”,”eco-driving”,”car clubs”,”bicycling”,”light rail transit”,”seat belt”,”pedestrian safety”,”traffic safety”,”motor vehicle safety”,”vehicle safety”,”motor vehicle crash”,”vehicle crash test”.

Keywords ANDed with (“sustainability” OR “sustainable development”): “public transport policy”,”inland shipping”,”intermodal transport”,”inland waterway navigation”,”public transport”,”transport management”,”rail freight”,”“traffic congestion”,”freight station”,”bus transport priority measures”,”urban mobility”,”urban transport strategy formulation”,”urban transport policy”,”urban traffic control”,”urban transport”,”maritime transport”,”maritime safety”,”port efficiency”,”maritime traffic”,”intermodality”,”container port”,”port development”,”container related costs and expenses”,”container security initiative”,”croatian transport system”,”customs trade partnership against terrorism”,”degressive tariffs”,”urban freight logistic”,”rail freight vehicles”,”rail freight cars”,”long intermodal freight train”,”internet freight exchanges”,”innovations in freight transport”,”fleet management systems”,”feeder transport”,”freight transport”,”road freight transport”,”urban freight transport”,”intermodal freight transport”,”railway freight transport”,”freight transportation”,”multimodal transport”,”passenger transport”,”transport planning”,”travel demand management”,”road pricing”,”non-motorized transport”,”transport economics”,”inter-vehicle networks”,”aeronautics”,”aircraft”,”air transport”,”airspace”,”air traffic control”,”civil aviation”,”air traffic management”,”aircraft communication”,”rail transport”,”high pressure common rail system”,”wheel-rail system”,”common rail system”,”railway transport”,”urban rail”,”rail system”,”intermodal terminal”,”rail corrugation”,”high pressure common rail”,”railway engineering”,”rail transportation”,”railway transportation”,”railway systems”,”efreight”,”electronic freight”,”multinomial logit model”,”nested logit model”,”modal shift”,”crashworthiness “,”head and neck injury potential”,”transport policy”,”urban transportation”,”urban public transport”,”urban traffic”,”sustainable urban transport”,”traffic planning”,”traffic management”,”road transport “,”rural transport”,”community transport”,”freight modal shift”,”park-and-ride”,”integrated transport policy”,”demand responsive transport”,”local transport planning”,”public urban transport”,”road safety”

Urban Development

Keywords:”urban development”,”urban form”,”urban transport”,”urban transportation”,”urban planning”,”urban environment”,”urban climate”,urban policy”,”urban regeneration”,”urban management”,”urban sprawl”,”urban growth”,”urban forestry”,”urbanisation”,”suburban development”,”suburban form”,”suburban transport”,”suburban transportation”,”suburban planning”,”suburban environment”,”suburban climate”,”suburban policy”,”suburban regeneration”,”suburban management”,”suburban sprawl”,”suburban growth”,”suburban forestry”,”suburbanisation”, “suburban ecology”,”suburban design”,”suburban renewal”,”suburban heat island”,”suburbanization”,”suburban morphology”,”suburban governance”,”suburban expansion”,”new suburbanism”,”suburban housing”,”suburban infrastructure”,”suburban strategy”,”suburban services”, “suburban footprint”, “suburban finance”,”suburban containment”,”suburban utilities”,”urban ecology”,”urban design”,”urban renewal”,”urban heat island”,”built environment”,”urbanization”,”urban morphology”,”urban governance”,”smrt growth”,”regional planning”,”city planning”,”transit oriented development”,”urban expansion”,”new urbanism”,”urban housing”,”urban infrastructure”,”urban strategy”,”urban services”, “urban footprint”, “urban finance”,”urban containment”,”urban utilities”,”metropolitan planning”.

Keywords limited to source titles: “spatial planning”,”land use change”,”urban areas”,”housing”

Source titles: Built Environment, Town Planning Review, Planning Theory and Practice, International Planning Studies, Planning Practice and Research, WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Landscape and Urban Planning, Environment and Planning A, Land Use Policy, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Landschap, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Urban Studies, Landscape Research, Habitat International, European Environment, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal of Transport Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Journal of Planning and Environment Law, Cities, Environmental Modelling and Software, Landscape Ecology.

Waste

Keywords: “municipal solid waste”, “municipal solid waste (msw)”, “waste disposal”, “landfills”, “waste recycling”, “waste plastics”, “nuclear waste”, “fly ash”, “industrial waste”, “organic waste”, “hazardous waste”, “food waste”, “e-waste”, “waste materials”, “waste minimization”, “incineration”, “radioactive waste”, “landfill”, “solid waste management”, “waste activated sludge”, “solid wastes”, “waste utilization”, “solid waste”, “radioactive waste disposal”, “pylorysis”, “composting”, “biogasification”, “energy from waste (EfW)”, “waste collection”, “gasification”, “biowaste”, “leachate treatment”, “packaging waste”, “biofuel production”, “source separation”, “source reduction”, “waste valorization”, “householde waste”, “waste characterization”, “leaching test.

Keywords limited to source titles: “leachate”, “composting”, “recycling”

Source titles: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Waste Age, Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes, Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Water

Keywords: “underground dams”, “water and sanitation”, “storage aquifers”, “shared water”, “floods monitoring”, “optimal water use”, “water productivity”, “water grabbing”, “water productivity”, “water stressed countries”, “water reuse”, “water inventory”, “water resources depletion”, “water pollution”, “water management”, “water resources management”, “water supply”, “water scarcity”, “water quality”, “water reuse”, “integrated water resources management”, “water use efficiency”, “watershed management”, “water shortage”, “soil and water conservation”, “sanitation and water conservation”, “water productivity”, (“groundwater” AND (“sustainability” or “sustainable development”)), “water policy”, “water pricing”, “water balance”, “water use”, “water conservation”, “water framework directive”, “rural water supply”, “water demand”, “water resources development”, “river basin management”, “groundwater quality”, “virtual water”, “urban water”, “water recycling”, (“water resources” AND (“sustainability” or “sustainable development”)), “water security”, “groundwater management”, “water resource management”, “groundwater recharge”, “submarine groundwater discharge”, “seawater intrusion”, “groundwater flow”, “groundwater contamination”, “water stress”, “surface water”, “eutrophication”, “rainwater harvesting”, “drought stress”, “drought”, “drought tolerance”, “desertification”, “drought resistance”, “water deficit”, “palmer drought severity index”, “drought avoidance”, “flood risk”, “flooding tolerance”, “flood control”, “flood defence”, “flood damage”, “river restoration”, “flood management”, “water logging”, “flood forecasting”, “flood simulation modelling”, “infiltration based storm water management”, “floodplain geomorphology”, “urban floods”, “flood hazard management”, “flood warning”, “floodplain restoration”, “integrated watershed modelling”, “integrated watershed management”, “water quality index”, “water footprint”, “grey water”, “green water footprint”, “blue water footprint”, “grey water footprint”, “potable water”, “wastewater management”, “waste water treatment”, “wastewater treatment plants”, “wastewater treatment plant”, “water reuse”, “water treatment”, “wastewater reuse”, “municipal wastewater”, “domestic wastewater”, “stormwater management”, “textile wastewater”, “drinking water treatment”, “sewage sludge”, “water recycling”, “wastewater treatment”, ((“estrogens” or “estrogen” or “estrogenic”) AND (“water” or “wastewater” or “river”)), (“sulfonamides” AND (“water” or “river”) AND (“pollution” or “pollutant” or “pollutants” or “contaminant” or “contaminants” or “contamination”)), ((“tributylphosphate” or “octylphenol” or “nonylphenol triazines” or “organophosphorus” or “acetanilides”) AND (“water” or “river”) AND (“pollution” or “pollutant” or “pollutants” or “contaminant” or “contaminants” or “contamination”)), (“pesticide” AND (“river” or “water”)), (“polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons” AND (“water” or “river”)), ((“brominated flame retardants”, or “pentabromoethylbenzene” or “hexabromobenzene” or “decabromodiphenylethane”) AND (“river” or “water”)), ((“atenolol” or “propranolol” or “carbamazepine” or “clofibric acid”) AND “fungus”), ((“estrogens” or “estrogen” or “estrogenic”) AND “biosphere’s reserve”), ((“pharmaceuticals” or “pharmaceutical”) AND (“river” or “water”)), (“wastewaters”) or ((“water” or “river”) AND (“pollution” or “pollutant” or “pollutants” or “contaminant” or “contaminants” or “contamination”))

Keywords limited to source titles: “reverse osmosis”,”membrane bioreactor”,”nanofiltration”,”microfiltration”, “membrane fouling”,”nitrogen removal”,”nutrient removal”,”ultrafiltration”,”sequencing batch reactor”,”constructed wetlands”,”phosphorus removal”,”denitrification”,”wastewater”,”flocculation”,”membrane filtration”,”biological treatment”

Source titles: Ultrapure Water,Desalination and Water Treatment, Water Science and Technology, Water Research, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, Water and Wastewater International, Journal/American Water Works Association, Water, Renewable Energy, Water Environment Research, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA, Water 21, Water Engineering and Management