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Future of Water: Challenges and Potential Solution Pathways Using a Nexus of Exponential Technologies and Transdisciplinarity

Future of Water: Challenges and Potential Solution Pathways Using a Nexus of Exponential Technologies and Transdisciplinarity

Ashok Vaseashta
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799873563|ISBN10: 1799873560|EISBN13: 9781799873570
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7356-3.ch002
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Vaseashta, Ashok. "Future of Water: Challenges and Potential Solution Pathways Using a Nexus of Exponential Technologies and Transdisciplinarity." Handbook of Research on Water Sciences and Society, edited by Ashok Vaseashta, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 37-63. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7356-3.ch002

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Vaseashta, A. (2022). Future of Water: Challenges and Potential Solution Pathways Using a Nexus of Exponential Technologies and Transdisciplinarity. In A. Vaseashta, G. Duca, & S. Travin (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Water Sciences and Society (pp. 37-63). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7356-3.ch002

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Vaseashta, Ashok. "Future of Water: Challenges and Potential Solution Pathways Using a Nexus of Exponential Technologies and Transdisciplinarity." In Handbook of Research on Water Sciences and Society, edited by Ashok Vaseashta, Gheorghe Duca, and Sergey Travin, 37-63. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7356-3.ch002

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Abstract

We live in a fancy world of global digitization, decarbonization, artificial intelligence, smart and connected cities using 5/6G, biomimicking, and 3/4D printing living organs, yet the two looming challenges to human existence are climate change and water shortages. The two “grand” challenges contrast each other in that, while the former would affect society as a whole, the latter would affect every individual for the basic existence. Whilst existing megatrends dealing with sustainability brace themselves to mitigate global warming, it seems that, scientifically, we are unacceptably equipped to address the issue of water shortages. It is critical to articulate the future of water, which includes a paradigm shift in its production, use, reuse, recycle, and discharge. This chapter reimagines the future of water from a holistic standpoint including transdisciplinary research. The topic must be approached from a fundamental viewpoint to include historical perspectives, nature, and the latest technology advances (viz., artificial intelligence, deep learning, and exponential technologies).

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