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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... ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES It is estimated that there are presently some 30 million environmental refuges and a further 17 million other refugees and displaced persons from wars, persecution and other causes. The former have fled from ...
... ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES It is estimated that there are presently some 30 million environmental refuges and a further 17 million other refugees and displaced persons from wars, persecution and other causes. The former have fled from ...
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... environmental degradation (from European Environmental Agency website glossary.eea.eu.int/ EEAGlossary/P/precautionary_ Section 1 : CHANGING CONTEXTS ยท 12 WATER : A. BOX 1.4: MOBILE PHONES AND THE WATER SECTOR Current available evidence ...
... environmental degradation (from European Environmental Agency website glossary.eea.eu.int/ EEAGlossary/P/precautionary_ Section 1 : CHANGING CONTEXTS ยท 12 WATER : A. BOX 1.4: MOBILE PHONES AND THE WATER SECTOR Current available evidence ...
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... environmental protection regimes in the world is being put in place in the EU, which will greatly enhance environmental protection and improved water management. population and the needs of the natural environment. The water laws and ...
... environmental protection regimes in the world is being put in place in the EU, which will greatly enhance environmental protection and improved water management. population and the needs of the natural environment. The water laws and ...
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... environmental impacts of water resources infrastructure development. Rather less attention has been paid to assessing the environmental impacts of water resource strategy. Recently, cooperation between ecologists and water managers has ...
... environmental impacts of water resources infrastructure development. Rather less attention has been paid to assessing the environmental impacts of water resource strategy. Recently, cooperation between ecologists and water managers has ...
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... environmental and social disruption of large dams. Balancing the high demand for irrigation water against other uses adds to the challenge of obtaining greater water productivity from irrigation waters ('more crop per drop'). These ...
... environmental and social disruption of large dams. Balancing the high demand for irrigation water against other uses adds to the challenge of obtaining greater water productivity from irrigation waters ('more crop per drop'). These ...
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