The Atlas of WaterCovering the global picture, this book provides an overview of our water consumption, as well as highlighting the scarcity and quality of our most critical resource in vulnerable regions such as California, the Middle East and India. |
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... affected 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Manantali , Senegal River , Senegal 1987 12,000 Dramatic increase in water- borne diseases ; 120 km2 of rare forest destroyed ; funds ran out before power station built ...
... affected 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Manantali , Senegal River , Senegal 1987 12,000 Dramatic increase in water- borne diseases ; 120 km2 of rare forest destroyed ; funds ran out before power station built ...
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... affects some 200 million people . It causes chronic illness and stunts a child's growth and development . All water ... affected . Vaccination has successfully reduced the number of reported cases by 99 % since the 1950s , but the virus ...
... affects some 200 million people . It causes chronic illness and stunts a child's growth and development . All water ... affected . Vaccination has successfully reduced the number of reported cases by 99 % since the 1950s , but the virus ...
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... affected Water for the north Industry makes a greater profit out of water than agriculture does , which is why China ... affected River fragmentation Percentage of the world's large river basins affected by dams and diversions 2000 ...
... affected Water for the north Industry makes a greater profit out of water than agriculture does , which is why China ... affected River fragmentation Percentage of the world's large river basins affected by dams and diversions 2000 ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
About the authors | 17 |
MORE PEOPLE LESS WATER | 23 |
Copyright | |
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AFGHANISTAN agriculture ALGERIA amount of water ANGOLA ZAMBIA aquifers areas ARGENTINA Asia BANGLADESH BELARUS BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REP CHILE COLOMBIA CONGO contaminated cubic metres dams desalination developing countries disease DJIBOUTI domestic DOMINICAN drinking water ECUADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA flood fresh water GABON groundwater GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA hectares HONDURAS HUNGARY hydropower India INDONESIA industrial IRAN IRAQ irrigation Israel JAMAICA JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA kilometres km³ KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA litres m³ per person MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MAURITANIA Mexico mg/litre million MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO ALGERIA MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA NEPAL NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU BRAZIL PHILIPPINES pollutants population renewable water REPUBLIC rivers ROMANIA RUSSIA sanitation SENEGAL GAMBIA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINA SRI LANKA SUDAN SYRIA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Turkey TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA wastewater water resources water supply wetlands World Water YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE