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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... hydrological cycle . Droughts and floods , intensified by climate change , can lead to famine , loss of resources and contamination of water supplies . Population pressure on forest resources can accelerate land degradation and ...
... hydrological cycle . Droughts and floods , intensified by climate change , can lead to famine , loss of resources and contamination of water supplies . Population pressure on forest resources can accelerate land degradation and ...
Page 18
... hydrological cycle and climate . systems , as is shown in Chapter 4 , together with the dynamic processes that lie behind it , impact on countries ' water resources and can make it difficult to meet the MDGs ( Lenton , 2004 ) . Managing ...
... hydrological cycle and climate . systems , as is shown in Chapter 4 , together with the dynamic processes that lie behind it , impact on countries ' water resources and can make it difficult to meet the MDGs ( Lenton , 2004 ) . Managing ...
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... hydrological systems in which trade-offs are needed or will have to be made socially acceptable by appropriate institutions, regulations and finance. A key entry point is defining minimum criteria or 'bottom lines' for terrestrial ...
... hydrological systems in which trade-offs are needed or will have to be made socially acceptable by appropriate institutions, regulations and finance. A key entry point is defining minimum criteria or 'bottom lines' for terrestrial ...
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... Hydrological conditions are highly variable from season to season and year to year. Since much hydrometeorological data is in such short supply, the combination of these two factors means that the nature of many emerging water problems ...
... Hydrological conditions are highly variable from season to season and year to year. Since much hydrometeorological data is in such short supply, the combination of these two factors means that the nature of many emerging water problems ...
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... hydrological cycle, the aquatic environment, water quality, water availability and use, but also in the socio-economic and political environment of the water world – in governance, in sharing water and in water pricing and valuation ...
... hydrological cycle, the aquatic environment, water quality, water availability and use, but also in the socio-economic and political environment of the water world – in governance, in sharing water and in water pricing and valuation ...
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