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Environmental sanitation is one of the main causing factors of water use conflicts at the Rio Grande Basin, Brazil. The precariousness of sanitation conditions in the area degrades water resources and affects the health and quality of life of the local population, as well as regional economic development. In this context, this study aims to assess the environmental sanitation sustainability condition in two Rio Grande Basin (BHRG) water management units. An evaluation index system grouped into three subsystems (economic, social and environmental) was applied to this end, carried out for the years of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. The indicator and subsystem weights were based on the Entropy Information concept. The empirical results of this study indicated unacceptable environmental sanitation sustainability conditions for both assessed water management units. This study, thus, demonstrates the impacts of economic development and environmental quality on the human subsystem. In addition, it provides theoretical implications and practical approaches for assessing sanitation conditions under the sustainable development scenario, and may assist in planning actions and decision-making processes to meet the goals of Objective for Sustainable Development 6 stipulated for 2030 by the United Nations.
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The authors would like to thank CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) for the scholarship granted (grant number 14125/2015-0) and Rachel Ann Hauser Davis for copyediting the manuscript.
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Guidolini, J.F., Giarolla, A., Arcoverde, G.F.B., Branco, E.A., Ometto, J.P.H.B. (2020). Application of Information Entropy to Assessment Environmental Sanitation Sustainability Conditions: A Case Study at the River Grande Basin, Brazil. In: Leal Filho, W., Tortato, U., Frankenberger, F. (eds) Universities and Sustainable Communities: Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_16
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