B. Adams

TL;DR: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by member countries of the UN in 2000 as a global consensus on objectives for addressing poverty and environmental sustainability as mentioned in this paper, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg made an important advance when it placed poverty eradication at the heart of efforts to achieve sustainable development.

TL;DR: In this paper, a procedure for land-surface zoning, related to the protection of groundwater against both point and diffuse pollution, is described, which is based upon two independent elements: (1) Division of the entire land surface on the basis of the aquifer pollution vulnerability, which relates to protection of underground resources; (2) a series of special protection areas for individual sources, in which various potentially polluting activities are either prohibited or strictly controlled.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main groundwater flooding scenarios are described and the challenges in estimating return periods and mapping risk set out, and ongoing and recently completed work by the British Geological Survey which aims to improve the understanding of risk from groundwater flooding in the UK is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, it is concluded that, whilst groundwater abstraction does cause river and wetland degradation, the degree of degradation often depends upon the individual perspective; therefore a rigorous approach is required in quantifying such degradation and its actual causes, beginning with the establishment of clear objectives and the collection of appropriate data.

TL;DR: In this paper, an early warning system for groundwater flooding in the Chalk has been developed and tested in the Patcham area of Brighton, which is capable of operating across longer time scales than had previously been possible.