Water : a shared responsibility

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Author:

Unesco.

ISBN:

9789231040061

9781845451776

Publication Information:

Paris, France : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ; New York : Berghahn Books, 2006.

Physical Description:

xv, 584 p. : col. ill., col. maps, col. photos. ; 26 cm.

Series:

United Nations world water development report ; 2

United Nations world water development report.

Contents:

Section 1: Changing Contexts -- 1. Living in a changing world -- 2. The challenges of water governance -- 3. Water and human settlements in an urbanizing world -- Section 2: Changing Natural Systems -- 4. The state of the resource -- 5. Coastal and freshwater ecosystems -- Section 3: Challenges for Well-being and Development -- 6. Protecting and promoting human health -- 7. Water for food, agriculture and rural livelihoods -- 8. Water and industry -- 9. Water and energy -- Section 4: Management Responses and Stewardship -- 10. Managing risks: securing the gains for development -- 11. Sharing water -- 12. Valuing and charging for water -- 13. Enhancing knowledge and capacity -- Section 5: Sharing Responsibility -- 14. Case studies: moving towards an integrated approach -- 15. Conclusions and recommendations for action.

Subject Term:

Water resources development.

Water-supply -- Management.

Water quality management.

Added Corporate Author:

Unesco.

World Water Assessment Programme (United Nations)

Electronic Access:

http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/18021 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001454/145405E.pdf
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001454/145405E.pdf
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0710/2006299804.html

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Summary

This illustrated report sets out a global review of the state of the world's freshwater resources, based on the collective work of 24 United Nations agencies, following on from the conclusions of the first UN World Water Development Report 'Water for People, Water for Life' published in 2003 (ISBN 9231038818). This second edition discusses progress towards the water-related targets of the UN Millennium Development Goals and examines a range of key issues including population growth and increasing urbanisation, changing ecosystems, food production, health, industry and energy, as well as risk management, valuing and paying for water and increasing knowledge and capacity. It contains 16 case studies which consider key challenges in water resource management and makes a number of recommendations to guide future action and encourage sustainable use, productivity and management of our increasingly scarce freshwater resources.