Water in a Changing World, Volume 2"The United Nations World Water Development Report", published every three years, is a comprehensive review providing an authoritative picture of the state of the world's freshwater resources. It offers best practices as well as in-depth theoretical analyses to help stimulate ideas and actions for better stewardship in the water sector. It is the only report of its kind, resulting from the collaboration and contributions of the 26 UN agencies, commissions, program, funds, secretariats and conventions that have a significant role in addressing global water concerns. |
Contents
Water in a changing world | 1 |
Part 1 Understanding what drives the pressures on water | 25 |
Part 2 Using water | 77 |
Part 3 State of the resource | 160 |
Part 4 Responses and choices | 237 |
Appendixes | 297 |
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Africa agriculture aquifers areas Asia Assessment capacity challenges chapter climate change costs dams decision-making developing countries drinking water droughts economic ecosystems effects energy environment environmental evapotranspiration financing floods flow framework freshwater global water groundwater growth human hydrologic hydrologic cycle hydropower impacts implementation increased industrial infrastructure Institute International investment irrigation Lake land ment Millennium Development Goals million monitoring National Water networks Organization permafrost planning Po River pollution population potential poverty precipitation production Programme projects rainfall reduce regions risk River basin runoff rural social soil Source stakeholders strategies supply and sanitation Swaziland technologies temperature tion transboundary trends UN-Water United Nations urban variability virtual water Vuoksi River wastewater water and sanitation water cycle water demand Water Development Report water footprint water management water quality water resources water resources management water sector water supply water-related World Bank World Water Development