World Water Actions
Title | World Water Actions PDF eBook |
Author | Francois Guerquin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2010-09-23 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1136533052 |
This text is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the need for management to assess the challenges of water scarcity and plan changes based on proper valuation and financial instruments, international co-operation and efficient use. Part II analyses the problems of water scarcity and the available solutions in each main sector: water supply and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture, ecosystems and biodiversity. Part III assesses the state of the debate following the third World Water Forum and sets out the priorities for action, including increased investment, institutional reform and capacity building in the water sector. Downloadable resources with extensive case studies and statistical data accompanies this text.
World Water Actions
Title | World Water Actions PDF eBook |
Author | Francois Guerquin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2010-09-23 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1136533060 |
This text is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the need for management to assess the challenges of water scarcity and plan changes based on proper valuation and financial instruments, international co-operation and efficient use. Part II analyses the problems of water scarcity and the available solutions in each main sector: water supply and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture, ecosystems and biodiversity. Part III assesses the state of the debate following the third World Water Forum and sets out the priorities for action, including increased investment, institutional reform and capacity building in the water sector. Downloadable resources with extensive case studies and statistical data accompanies this text.
Global Water Security
Title | Global Water Security PDF eBook |
Author | World Water Council |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2018-02-02 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9811079137 |
This book highlights the relationship between the water sector and various other sectors in order to establish an improved understanding of the importance of water resources as an essential cross-cutting vector of socio-economic development. The book is both policy and practice oriented and is not constrained by existing definitions on water security. It includes actual experiences of policy, management, development and governance decisions taken within the water sector, and examples on how these have affected the energy and agricultural sectors as well as impacted the environment, and vice versa, as appropriate. It also discusses trade-offs, short and long-term implications, lessons learnt, and the way forward. The book includes case studies on cities, countries and regions such as Australia, China, Singapore, Central Asia, Morocco, Southern Africa, France, Latin America, Brazil and California.
World Water Vision
Title | World Water Vision PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Cosgrove |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 137 |
Release | 2014-03-18 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1134201621 |
More than a billion people cannot get safe drinking water; half the world's population does not have adequate sanitation; within a generation over three billion will be suffering from water stress. This text analyzes the issues in this crisis of management and shows how water can be used effectively and productively. The key to sustainable water resources is an integrated approach. The authors assert that careful planning and concerted action can make the fundamental changes needed and that the implications of not dealing with the crisis are immense. The book comes with downloadable resources containing background research and scenarios.
Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities
Title | Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Un-Habitat |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-06-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 113654691X |
'This is surely the most impressive and important publication to come out of the UN system for many years.' Peter Adamson, founder, New Internationalist, and author and researcher of UNICEF's The State of the World's Children from 1980 to 1995 The world's governments agreed at the Millennium Summit to halve, by 2015, the number of people who lack access to safe water. With rapidly growing urban populations the challenge is immense. Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities is a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the problems and how they can be addressed. This influential publication by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) sets out in detail the scale of inadequate provision of water and sanitation. It describes the impacts on health and economic performance, showing the potential gains of remedial action; it analyses the proximate and underlying causes of poor provision and identifies information gaps affecting resource allocation; it outlines the consequences of further deterioration; and it explains how resources and institutional capacities - public, private and community - can be used to deliver proper services through integrated water resource management.
World Water Actions
Title | World Water Actions PDF eBook |
Author | Francois Guerquin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | |
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This text is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the need for management to assess the challenges of water scarcity and plan changes based on proper valuation and financial instruments, international co-operation and efficient use. Part II analyses the problems of water scarcity and the available solutions in each main sector: water supply and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture, ecosystems and biodiversity. Part III assesses the state of the debate following the third World Water Forum and sets out the priorities for action, including increased investment, institutional reform and capacity building in the water sector. A free CD-ROM with extensive case studies and statistical data accompanies this text.
The United Nations world water development report 2019
Title | The United Nations world water development report 2019 PDF eBook |
Author | WWAP |
Publisher | UNESCO Publishing |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2019-03-19 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9231003097 |
Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than t wo billion people lack even the most basic of services. The latest United Nations World Water Development Report, Leaving No One Behind, explores the symptoms of exclusion and investigates ways to overcome inequalities.