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 16
... species loss hit poor families and women particularly hard . The pressing need of women for water supply and sanitation for their families gives them in a key role in community water service provision . Since many of the farming ...
... species loss hit poor families and women particularly hard . The pressing need of women for water supply and sanitation for their families gives them in a key role in community water service provision . Since many of the farming ...
Page 17
... species must be maintained to ensure that the relations between the primary producers, consumers and decomposers can be sustained. Only thus can they continue the mediation of energy flow, the cycling of elements, and the spatial and ...
... species must be maintained to ensure that the relations between the primary producers, consumers and decomposers can be sustained. Only thus can they continue the mediation of energy flow, the cycling of elements, and the spatial and ...
Page 31
... species Biological Oxygen Demand ( BOD ) See Chapter 5 : Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems Targets : Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation By 2020 , to have ...
... species Biological Oxygen Demand ( BOD ) See Chapter 5 : Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems Targets : Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation By 2020 , to have ...
Page 36
... species populations S K Biological Oxygen Demand ( BOD ) S K Health DALY ( Disability Adjusted Life Year ) I K Prevalence of underweight children < 5 years old | D Prevalence of stunting in children < 5 years old | D Mortality in ...
... species populations S K Biological Oxygen Demand ( BOD ) S K Health DALY ( Disability Adjusted Life Year ) I K Prevalence of underweight children < 5 years old | D Prevalence of stunting in children < 5 years old | D Mortality in ...
Page 115
... species. Deforestation, increasing areas of farmland, urbanization, pollutants in both surface and sub-surface water bodies and so on, all influence the timing and quantities of flows and are having a huge impact on the quality and ...
... species. Deforestation, increasing areas of farmland, urbanization, pollutants in both surface and sub-surface water bodies and so on, all influence the timing and quantities of flows and are having a huge impact on the quality and ...
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