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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... water supply and sanitation facilities to service the population, leading to poor health, low quality of life and, in many cases, to social unrest. To the urban demands for water must be added the increasing demands on water for food ...
... water supply and sanitation facilities to service the population, leading to poor health, low quality of life and, in many cases, to social unrest. To the urban demands for water must be added the increasing demands on water for food ...
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... supply The graph ( left ) shows that in 2000 , of the world's total population 20 % had no appreciable natural water supply , 65 % ( 85 % minus the 20 % with no appreciable water supply mentioned above ) shared low - to - moderate supplies ...
... supply The graph ( left ) shows that in 2000 , of the world's total population 20 % had no appreciable natural water supply , 65 % ( 85 % minus the 20 % with no appreciable water supply mentioned above ) shared low - to - moderate supplies ...
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... water sector, in low-income countries they are used by fishers and farmers ... WATER : A. BOX 1.4: MOBILE PHONES AND THE WATER SECTOR Current available evidence ... supply and sanitation systems and nutrient recovery options, as well as ...
... water sector, in low-income countries they are used by fishers and farmers ... WATER : A. BOX 1.4: MOBILE PHONES AND THE WATER SECTOR Current available evidence ... supply and sanitation systems and nutrient recovery options, as well as ...
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... WATER : A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY There are more than 1 million deaths each ... water - using sectors - irrigation , municipalities , industry , environmental ... supply , sanitation and habitat challenges , which as noted earlier , the ...
... WATER : A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY There are more than 1 million deaths each ... water - using sectors - irrigation , municipalities , industry , environmental ... supply , sanitation and habitat challenges , which as noted earlier , the ...
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... water and sanitation and human settlements . It confirmed that , in future , water , sanitation and human ... supply and sanitation systems , the contentious subject of cost recovery , approaches to the provision of wastewater ...
... water and sanitation and human settlements . It confirmed that , in future , water , sanitation and human ... supply and sanitation systems , the contentious subject of cost recovery , approaches to the provision of wastewater ...
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