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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... development target in its own right and integrally linked to achieving all the Millennium Development Goals . The United Nations World Water Development Report is the flagship publication of UN - Water , the inter - agency mechanism ...
... development target in its own right and integrally linked to achieving all the Millennium Development Goals . The United Nations World Water Development Report is the flagship publication of UN - Water , the inter - agency mechanism ...
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... goals of Agenda 21 , the UN Millennium Declaration and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation , as well as those of the 12th and 13th sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development . The triennial World Water Development Reports ...
... goals of Agenda 21 , the UN Millennium Declaration and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation , as well as those of the 12th and 13th sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development . The triennial World Water Development Reports ...
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... development ........................7 5a. Managing risks: dealing with increasing Box 1.1: The particular problems ... Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ....29 Box 1.12: Water and the Millennium Development Goals Box 1.6: Thirteen key ...
... development ........................7 5a. Managing risks: dealing with increasing Box 1.1: The particular problems ... Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ....29 Box 1.12: Water and the Millennium Development Goals Box 1.6: Thirteen key ...
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... Development Goals and water has a crucial role to play in this . Forty percent of the world's population live in ... Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ) . In short , water is fundamental to our way of life , at whatever point in the ...
... Development Goals and water has a crucial role to play in this . Forty percent of the world's population live in ... Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ) . In short , water is fundamental to our way of life , at whatever point in the ...
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... development involving significant upward and regional social mobility may find that membership of community ... goals and targets 32 13: Recommendations of the Millennium Task Force on Water and Sanitation 2d Gender mainstreaming.
... development involving significant upward and regional social mobility may find that membership of community ... goals and targets 32 13: Recommendations of the Millennium Task Force on Water and Sanitation 2d Gender mainstreaming.
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