Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Groundwater for Sustainable Development is directed to different stakeholders and professionals, including government and non-governmental organizations, international funding agencies, universities, public water institutions, public health and other public/private sector professionals, and other relevant institutions. It is aimed at professionals, academics and students in the fields of disciplines such as: groundwater and its connection to surface hydrology and environment, soil sciences, engineering, ecology, microbiology, atmospheric sciences, analytical chemistry, hydro-engineering, water technology, environmental ethics, economics, public health, policy, as well as social sciences, legal disciplines, or any other area connected with water issues. The objectives of this journal are to facilitate: • The improvement of effective and sustainable management of water resources across the globe. • The improvement of human access to groundwater resources in adequate quantity and good quality. • The meeting of the increasing demand for drinking and irrigation water needed for food security to contribute to a social and economically sound human development. • The creation of a global inter- and multidisciplinary platform and forum to improve our understanding of groundwater resources and to advocate their effective and sustainable management and protection against contamination. • Interdisciplinary information exchange and to stimulate scientific research in the fields of groundwater related sciences and social and health sciences required to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for sustainable development.

Groundwater for Sustainable Development 面向不同的利益相关者和专业人士，包括政府和非政府组织、国际资助机构、大学、公共水机构、公共卫生和其他公共/私营部门专业人士以及其他相关机构。它针对以下学科领域的专业人士、学者和学生：地下水及其与地表水文和环境的联系、土壤科学、工程学、生态学、微生物学、大气科学、分析化学、水利工程、水技术、环境伦理学、经济学、公共卫生、政策以及社会科学、法律学科或与水问题相关的任何其他领域。 该期刊的目标包括： • 改善全球水资源的有效和可持续管理。 • 改善人类获得充足数量和优质地下水资源的机会。 • 满足粮食安全对饮用水和灌溉用水日益增长的需求，以促进人类社会和经济的健康发展。 • 创建一个全球性的跨学科和多学科平台和论坛，以提高我们对地下水资源的了解，并倡导其有效和可持续的管理和防止污染。 • 跨学科信息交流并促进实现联合国可持续发展千年发展目标所需的地下水相关科学以及社会和健康科学领域的科学研究。