Water: A Shared ResponsibilityUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006 - 584 pages A joint undertaking of the 24 UN agencies comprising UN-Water, and in partnership with governments and other entities concerned with freshwater issues, this volume, covering as it does all regions and most countries of the world, provides an up-to-date global overview of the state and uses of freshwater, critical water-related problems, and societies coping mechanisms. Drawing on an extensive database, expert analysis, case studies, and hundreds of graphic elements, it is the most comprehensive undertaking to date of freshwater assessment, providing a mechanism for monitoring changes in the resource and its management and progress towards achieving development targets, particularly the Millennium Development Goals. Building on the conclusions of the first United Nations World Water Development Report, Water for People, Water for Life, the 2006 Report confirms the ongoing, serious and growing water crisis, essentially a crisis of governance, and points to a prevalent lack of capacity and knowledge base as todays primary obstacles to achieving the necessary levels of water governance. This volume proposes a more integrated vision of water resources management to respond to changing environmental and socio-economic conditions.--Publisher's description. |
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Page 131
... surface water and groundwater , subtracting any potential resource volumes shared by the same water which comes from surface and groundwater system interactions , and □ subtracting , where one or more treaty exists , any flow volume ...
... surface water and groundwater , subtracting any potential resource volumes shared by the same water which comes from surface and groundwater system interactions , and □ subtracting , where one or more treaty exists , any flow volume ...
Page 495
... surface runoff . Almost 95 percent of the surface runoff component flows out of the country ( Box 14.8 ) . Consequently , only 6 percent of Mongolia's annual precipitation is transformed into available water resources in surface water ...
... surface runoff . Almost 95 percent of the surface runoff component flows out of the country ( Box 14.8 ) . Consequently , only 6 percent of Mongolia's annual precipitation is transformed into available water resources in surface water ...
Page 502
... surface area , while in the west 24 percent of the surface area is drained by episodic rivers without any significant contribution to the runoff . The natural mean annual runoff ( MAR ) is about 49,000 million m3 per year , of which ...
... surface area , while in the west 24 percent of the surface area is drained by episodic rivers without any significant contribution to the runoff . The natural mean annual runoff ( MAR ) is about 49,000 million m3 per year , of which ...
Contents
Changing Natural Systems | 115 |
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Challenges for Wellbeing and Development | 199 |
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