Exploring the significance of treated wastewater reuse in urban agriculture and resilient cities: a bibliometric analysis

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Free State, South Africa
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Institute
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZA
cg.creator.identifierTinashe Lindel Dirwai: 0000-0002-2617-7002
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2025.101
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053942
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn2709-6092
cg.journalWater Reuse
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
dc.contributor.authorSei, L. K.
dc.contributor.authorBelle, J.
dc.contributor.authorMshelia, Z.
dc.contributor.authorDirwai, Tinashe
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-20T14:29:31Z
dc.date.available2025-06-20T14:29:31Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175221
dc.titleExploring the significance of treated wastewater reuse in urban agriculture and resilient cities: a bibliometric analysisen
dcterms.abstractThe sustainability and resilience of a city rely on its capacity to utilize its environmental resources while maintaining social, environmental, and economic balance. Practising urban agriculture (UA) is a sustainable solution that can offset this balance. Treated wastewater (TWW) generated in urban areas can be used to reduce stress on available water resources. However, the extent of its significance remains unclear. This study used bibliometric analysis to explore the trends in publication and thematic evolution between 2008 and 2024 from the Scopus database. The bibliometrics R-package and VOSviewer software were used for bibliometric analysis and science mapping. A total of 1,208 articles were retrieved from the database, from which 960 were used for analysis after data cleansing. The analysis of the results shows that wastewater (WW) reclamation and treatment were found to have the weakest strength and the least number of occurrences. This suggests that researchers did not seriously investigate the use of TWW for UA, thus suggesting a potential gap in the literature that needs to be addressed. Risk reduction strategies for WW reuse in UA were also discussed. This paper argues that reusing TWW for UA can strengthen urban resilience while protecting environmental resources.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2025-05-21
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSei, L. K.; Belle, J.; Mshelia, Z.; Dirwai, Tinashe. 2025. Exploring the significance of treated wastewater reuse in urban agriculture and resilient cities: a bibliometric analysis. Water Reuse, 21p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2025.101]
dcterms.extent21p.
dcterms.issued2025-05
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherIWA Publishing
dcterms.subjectwastewater
dcterms.subjectwater reuse
dcterms.subjecturban agriculture
dcterms.subjectresilience
dcterms.subjecttowns
dcterms.subjectcircular economy
dcterms.subjectenvironmental health
dcterms.subjectsustainable development
dcterms.subjectbibliometric analysis
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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