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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... Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World ( UN - HABITAT ) Section 2 : Changing Natural Systems Global Map 3 : Relative Water Stress Index Global Map 4 : Sources of Contemporary Nitrogen Loading Chapter 4 : The State of the Resource ...
... Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World ( UN - HABITAT ) Section 2 : Changing Natural Systems Global Map 3 : Relative Water Stress Index Global Map 4 : Sources of Contemporary Nitrogen Loading Chapter 4 : The State of the Resource ...
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... human well - being ( food security and health ) , to those of economic development ( industry and energy ) , to ... humanity worldwide . I am very proud that UNESCO , by housing the Secretariat for the World Water Assessment Programme ...
... human well - being ( food security and health ) , to those of economic development ( industry and energy ) , to ... humanity worldwide . I am very proud that UNESCO , by housing the Secretariat for the World Water Assessment Programme ...
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... Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World This chapter draws from the second issue of UN- HABITAT's Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities (2006), which is currently under print, to be published by Earthscan Publications, London. UN ...
... Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World This chapter draws from the second issue of UN- HABITAT's Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities (2006), which is currently under print, to be published by Earthscan Publications, London. UN ...
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... human society has positioned itself in areas with locally sustainable water supplies , in the form of runoff , and / or river and stream flows ( Postel et al . , 1996 ; Vörösmarty et al . , 2005b ) . This map illustrates where human ...
... human society has positioned itself in areas with locally sustainable water supplies , in the form of runoff , and / or river and stream flows ( Postel et al . , 1996 ; Vörösmarty et al . , 2005b ) . This map illustrates where human ...
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... human and property rights and established the clear rule of law. Multinational companies based in these countries and aware of the precious nature of their corporate reputations, have shown an increased inclination to take environmental ...
... human and property rights and established the clear rule of law. Multinational companies based in these countries and aware of the precious nature of their corporate reputations, have shown an increased inclination to take environmental ...
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