Water: A Shared ResponsibilityUN-HABITAT, 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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... international level for the creation of the International Decade for Action , ' Water for Life ' ( 2005-2015 ) . It gives me great pleasure , therefore , to introduce the second in this series of World Water Development Reports - Water ...
... international level for the creation of the International Decade for Action , ' Water for Life ' ( 2005-2015 ) . It gives me great pleasure , therefore , to introduce the second in this series of World Water Development Reports - Water ...
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... Water Governance Facility, Stockholm International Water Institute). The following individuals contributed as authors, reviewers, editors, working group members and/or workshop and meeting participants: Nighisty Ghezae, Karin Krchnak ...
... Water Governance Facility, Stockholm International Water Institute). The following individuals contributed as authors, reviewers, editors, working group members and/or workshop and meeting participants: Nighisty Ghezae, Karin Krchnak ...
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... water - scarce areas , especially where golf courses are involved , an ... International , 2003 ) . Chapter 3 looks at the issues of urbanization and ... water knowledge and skills BOX 1.4: MOBILE PHONES AND THE WATER SECTOR Current available.
... water - scarce areas , especially where golf courses are involved , an ... International , 2003 ) . Chapter 3 looks at the issues of urbanization and ... water knowledge and skills BOX 1.4: MOBILE PHONES AND THE WATER SECTOR Current available.
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... water demand and pollution control are not carefully managed (World Development Report, 2005). Countries with poor or weakly enforced environmental regulations which allow pollution (air or water) to flow across international boundaries ...
... water demand and pollution control are not carefully managed (World Development Report, 2005). Countries with poor or weakly enforced environmental regulations which allow pollution (air or water) to flow across international boundaries ...
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... water to stimulate socio - economic development is realized , and at international level in the case of transboundary waters ( Stockholm , 2002 ) . 4a . Water and health : Reducing infectious diseases In terms of threats to human ...
... water to stimulate socio - economic development is realized , and at international level in the case of transboundary waters ( Stockholm , 2002 ) . 4a . Water and health : Reducing infectious diseases In terms of threats to human ...
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