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Nano-biotechnology for Water Sustainability: Bibliometric Analysis

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Nano-biotechnology is regarded as having high potential for solving challenges related to water, food and biodiversity. Of particular interest to sustainability is its promising ability to enhance the supply and security of water resources for human use. The chapter applies bibliometric analysis to describe the trends in the development of nano-biotechnology for issues related to water supply, contamination prevention and treatment. A co-occurrence analysis is used to identify the types of technologies emerging in this area, namely related to bioengineering, chemical engineering, microbiology and material sciences. The majority of the new knowledge comes from the USA, but researchers from China, South Korea, the Netherlands, India and Australia are also making their mark.

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The second author acknowledges the support of the Australian Research Council.

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Xu, L., Marinova, D. (2017). Nano-biotechnology for Water Sustainability: Bibliometric Analysis. In: Zacher, L. (eds) Technology, Society and Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47164-8_25

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