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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Page 7
... sources, and often necessitates the use of polluted water from nearby, heavily used, rivers and streams. Rarely do they have access to improved sanitation and, where this may be available from a public facility in towns and cities, the ...
... sources, and often necessitates the use of polluted water from nearby, heavily used, rivers and streams. Rarely do they have access to improved sanitation and, where this may be available from a public facility in towns and cities, the ...
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... Source : Sachs , 2005 . Child carrying water across an open drain , Ghana beginning of movement out of abject poverty ... sources , under the control of the people concerned , reduces crop - loss risks and leads to the possibility of ...
... Source : Sachs , 2005 . Child carrying water across an open drain , Ghana beginning of movement out of abject poverty ... sources , under the control of the people concerned , reduces crop - loss risks and leads to the possibility of ...
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... sources and expanding and increasing abstractions from existing ones . As this is not sustainable , attention is ... Source : GWP , 2004 . 2c . Subsidiarity There is an increasing trend towards delegation. 6: Thirteen key IWRM change ...
... sources and expanding and increasing abstractions from existing ones . As this is not sustainable , attention is ... Source : GWP , 2004 . 2c . Subsidiarity There is an increasing trend towards delegation. 6: Thirteen key IWRM change ...
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... sources for poorer families and it is generally women who are involved in gathering food from them . Thus , ecosystem damage and species loss hit poor families and women particularly hard . The pressing need of women for water supply ...
... sources for poorer families and it is generally women who are involved in gathering food from them . Thus , ecosystem damage and species loss hit poor families and women particularly hard . The pressing need of women for water supply ...
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... sources, as discussed in Chapter 8. Both industrial growth and increased energy production are demanding an enlarged share of water resources. Currently, the total water withdrawal by industry is much greater than the water actually ...
... sources, as discussed in Chapter 8. Both industrial growth and increased energy production are demanding an enlarged share of water resources. Currently, the total water withdrawal by industry is much greater than the water actually ...
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