World Water Actions: Making Water Flow for AllThis 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. |
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Recording actions identifying gaps | 2 |
1 Assessing Challenges Initiating Change | 13 |
2 Focusing on Key Areas Promoting Change | 87 |
3 Taking Stock Advancing Change | 153 |
Photo credits | 167 |
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Actions Database agriculture approach aquifers areas biodiversity capacity building climate change communities cooperation costs dams decision-making developing countries disaster management ecological sanitation economic ecosystem-based management ecosystems efficiency efforts ensure environment environmental financing floods framework freshwater funding gender governments groundwater human hydropower hygiene impact implementation improved water increase initiatives institutions integrated water resources investment involved irrigation issues Millennium Development Goals NGOs organizations participation partnerships percent planning pollution potential poverty alleviation priority Project action promote rainwater harvesting reduce reform regional risk river basin sanitation services Second World Water shared water socio-economic Southeastern Anatolia Project stakeholders strategies supply and sanitation Sustainable Development Third World Water transboundary water United Nations urban users wastewater water actions water and sanitation water infrastructure water management water quality water resources management water sector water services water supply wetlands women World Conservation Union World Water Council World Water Forum