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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... Social Affairs (UNDESA) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations University (UNU) Specialized UN Agencies Food and ...
... Social Affairs (UNDESA) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations University (UNU) Specialized UN Agencies Food and ...
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... social unrest. To the urban demands for water must be added the increasing demands on water for food production, energy creation and industrial uses. Large shifts in the geographic distribution of populations occur in various contexts ...
... social unrest. To the urban demands for water must be added the increasing demands on water for food production, energy creation and industrial uses. Large shifts in the geographic distribution of populations occur in various contexts ...
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... social or ecological, it takes progressively smaller external changes to cause big problems. Reduced ecological resilience, from land degradation and drought, can increase social and environmental vulnerability, leading to the loss of ...
... social or ecological, it takes progressively smaller external changes to cause big problems. Reduced ecological resilience, from land degradation and drought, can increase social and environmental vulnerability, leading to the loss of ...
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... 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 storage and water ...
... 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 storage and water ...
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... social and environmental impacts . In certain cases , some members of the community may be resistant to ( even offended by ) the attempts to put a monetary value on certain social or environmental effects . In such cases , BCA must be ...
... social and environmental impacts . In certain cases , some members of the community may be resistant to ( even offended by ) the attempts to put a monetary value on certain social or environmental effects . In such cases , BCA must be ...
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