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. 2020 Oct 22;192:110376. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110376

Table 1.

Sustainability indicators to establish relationships among the WHEN nexus. The indicators are the same as SDG indicators, and thus, the WHEN nexus can be used to assess progress towards SDGs.

Component Sub-component Indicator Units SDG indicator
Water Water security Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services % 6.1.1
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality % 6.3.2
Human health WASH Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation, and lack of hygiene per 100 K of pop 3.9.2
Environment Functional ecosystem Forest area as a proportion of total land area % 15.1.1
Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area % 15.3.1
Nutrition Sustainable diets Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population % 2.1.2
Prevalence of malnutrition % 2.2.2