Current Issues in Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats to Empower Sustainability: A Systematic Review

Małgorzata Gawlik-Kobylińska

doi:10.3390/app12168315

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Title

Current Issues in Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats to Empower Sustainability: A Systematic Review

Authors

Małgorzata Gawlik-Kobylińska (WZiD) ^{[ 1 ][ 6.3 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Instytut Zarządzania, Wydział Zarządzania i Dowodzenia, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | ^{[ P ]} employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[6.3] Security studies

Year of publication

2022

Published in

Applied Sciences

Journal year: 2022 | Journal volume: vol. 12 | Journal number: iss. 16

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords

EN

CBRN agents
Hazards
Toxic industrial materials
Chemical warfare agents
Sustainable development goals
Environment
Health

PL

Agenda 2030
Innowacje
Obrona przed bronią masowego rażenia
Ochrona środowiska
Rozwój zrównoważony
Zdrowie publiczne

Abstract

EN Combating chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats with novel solutions reduces disasters and accident risks and, at the same time, aids sustainability. This research aims to identify the innovations in combating CBRN threats and verify how they fall within the scope of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The study relies on mixed-method research, including bibliometrics and text-mining used to identify clusters, most frequent words, and codes. The material for the research was 156 publications from the Scopus database from 2017 to April 2022. From the analytical process, textual data served as the indicators of the innovations’ directions driven by SDGs. The research results indicated that innovations for combating CBRN threats support sustainability mainly in health and environmental areas, specifically in: SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being; SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; SDG 14: Life Below Water; SDG 15: Life On Land. The research contributes to the landscape of innovations serving sustainable development. Further studies may focus on narrower perspectives, such as environmental protection and health innovations. There can also be concerns about the dark side of CBRN innovations and technologies of dual use.

Date of online publication

19.08.2022

Pages (from - to)

1 - 19

DOI

10.3390/app12168315

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/16/8315

License type

CC BY (attribution alone)

Open Access Mode

open journal