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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... million per year , mostly in low - income countries . What has been called the global demographic transition , from populations with short life expectancy and large families , to longer life expectation and smaller families , is very ...
... million per year , mostly in low - income countries . What has been called the global demographic transition , from populations with short life expectancy and large families , to longer life expectation and smaller families , is very ...
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... million – up from 138 million in 1990. Malawi is the current fastest urbanizing nation due to population flight from severe flooding. Nigeria has also seen tremendous urban growth while huge slums are found in Johannesburg and Nairobi ...
... million – up from 138 million in 1990. Malawi is the current fastest urbanizing nation due to population flight from severe flooding. Nigeria has also seen tremendous urban growth while huge slums are found in Johannesburg and Nairobi ...
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... million cases in total ... Part 4. Challenges for Well - being and Development Balancing the increasing competition ... million . deaths HIV / AIDS with some 2.8 million deaths □ Diarrhoea causing 1.8 million deaths □ Tuberculosis ...
... million cases in total ... Part 4. Challenges for Well - being and Development Balancing the increasing competition ... million . deaths HIV / AIDS with some 2.8 million deaths □ Diarrhoea causing 1.8 million deaths □ Tuberculosis ...
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... million tons in 2000. In fact , many well - known and prosperous cities , such as Paris , San Francisco , Rotterdam , Shanghai and London , developed as a result of their position as water transport hubs . Building on the natural ...
... million tons in 2000. In fact , many well - known and prosperous cities , such as Paris , San Francisco , Rotterdam , Shanghai and London , developed as a result of their position as water transport hubs . Building on the natural ...
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... million refugees and 5 million ' internally displaced persons ' were forced to settle in resource - scarce areas , putting further pressure on people , water and the environment ( WRI , 2003 ) . Recent conflicts in Kosovo , Afghanistan ...
... million refugees and 5 million ' internally displaced persons ' were forced to settle in resource - scarce areas , putting further pressure on people , water and the environment ( WRI , 2003 ) . Recent conflicts in Kosovo , Afghanistan ...
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