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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... impact both on this resource and on managing water in an integrated , sustainable and equitable manner . These include widespread poverty , malnutrition , the dramatic impacts of demographic change , growing urbanization , the effects ...
... impact both on this resource and on managing water in an integrated , sustainable and equitable manner . These include widespread poverty , malnutrition , the dramatic impacts of demographic change , growing urbanization , the effects ...
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... 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 led to ...
... 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 led to ...
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... impact on countries ' water resources and can make it difficult to meet the MDGs ( Lenton , 2004 ) . Managing climate variability and the impacts of climate extremes is one of the challenges of sustainable development . In fact , the ...
... impact on countries ' water resources and can make it difficult to meet the MDGs ( Lenton , 2004 ) . Managing climate variability and the impacts of climate extremes is one of the challenges of sustainable development . In fact , the ...
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... impact of climate variability, while trying to avoid Section 1 : CHANGING CONTEXTS · 20 WATER : A. Climate impacts are particularly severe in low- income countries in the tropics, which generally include those countries having the ...
... impact of climate variability, while trying to avoid Section 1 : CHANGING CONTEXTS · 20 WATER : A. Climate impacts are particularly severe in low- income countries in the tropics, which generally include those countries having the ...
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... impact of navigation channel repairs on wetlands and biodiversity in the Niger Delta. In order to promote efficient and sustainable waterway projects, it is essential that IWT be integrated into overall IWRM plans. Although inland ...
... impact of navigation channel repairs on wetlands and biodiversity in the Niger Delta. In order to promote efficient and sustainable waterway projects, it is essential that IWT be integrated into overall IWRM plans. Although inland ...
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