RT Book, Section T1 20th century urban changes in the land-to-ocean fluvial transport of trace metals T2 Twentieth century urban changes in the land-to-ocean fluvial transport of trace metals A1 Álvarez Vázquez, Miguel Ángel A1 De Uña Alvarez, Elena Pilar A1 Prego Reboredo, Ricardo A2 Dykinson K1 54 Geografía AB In 1972, The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment acknowledges that humankind has reached a development stage with the capacity to transform the environment ‘in countless ways and on an unprecedented scale’ (United Nations, 1972). This assumption has led to include the environmental sustainability between the Millennium Development Goals (United Nations, 2000), nowadays specified in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals and targets (United Nations, 2015). The aforementioned ‘countless ways’ are characterized mainly by numerous local events combined in a global impact, particularly after the mid-20th century when ‘is there clear evidence for fundamental shifts in the state and functioning of the Earth System that are beyond the range of variability of the Holocene and driven by human activities’ (Steffen et al. 2015: 81) SN 9788413245492 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4756 UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4756 LA eng NO En Alvarez Vazquez, Miguel Ángel, De Uña Alvarez, Elena Pilar (Eds.) Perspectivas del agua: investigación, gestión y valores del agua en el mundo actual (67-83) DS Investigo RD 09-nov-2024