...Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognized as an economic good. • Water development and management should be based on...participatory approach, involving users, planners and policy makers at all levels, with decisions taken at the lowest appropriate level. The new consensus...

...protection of natural ecosystems should be adopted in water demand management'. The Statement indicated that water development and management should be based on...involving users, planners and policy-makers at all levels. Further, the Statement stressed that managing water, as an economic good is an important way of achieving...

...water is a finite and valuable resource, essential to sustain life, development, and the environment. Water development and management should be based on...involving users, planners, and policymakers at all levels. Women play a central part in the provision, management, and safeguarding of water. Water has an economic...

...inaccurate and damaging views of and attitudes towards this ubiquitous commodity. Although renewable, 'Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource,...to sustain life, development and the environment' (ICWE 1992: 4). A global water crisis, with a potential impact far greater than the 'energy crisis'...

...the end of the International Conference on Water and the Environment held in 1992, emphasized that water development and management should be based on...participatory approach involving users, planners and policy makers at all levels. A similar statement was also issued by the Hague Water Forum in March...

...world, integrated water resources management pursues integration within and between the Hi Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment; In) Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognized as an economic good;...

...resources management in the years to come. These principles are as follows:3 • Principle 1: Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment. This means that since water sustains life, effective management of water resources demands a holistic...

...emerged from the International Conference on Water and the 36 The Dublin Principles: "1. Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development, and the environment. Since water sustains life, effective management of water resources demands a holistic approach, linking...

...later that year, presented principles central to domestic water management (ICWE, 1992, p. 4): (1) Water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential...management should be based on a participatory approach . . . [in which] decisions are taken at the lowest appropriate leveL (3) Women play a central role...

...water utilities in cities in Latin America. Asia and Africa. Box l: The Dublin Principles l. Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment Since water sustains life. effective management of water resources demands a holistic approach. linking...