World Water Vision

Author : William J. Cosgrove,Frank R. Rijsberman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134201624

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World Water Vision by William J. Cosgrove,Frank R. Rijsberman Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:320837954

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World Water Vision by Anonim Pdf

Author : IUCN Canada,Iucn
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2831705754

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Vision for Water and Nature by IUCN Canada,Iucn Pdf

The Vision for Water and Nature is the "environment and ecosystems" component of the World Water Vision exercise of the World Water Council. It represents the first meaningful attempt to fully integrate environment issues into the development of a comprehensive strategy for water resource management at the global level. The vision was developed by IUCN through an extensive consultation effort based on three thematic workshops on freshwater ecosystem management and social, economic and environmental security, respectively. Instead of considering the environment as one of many water management sub-sectors, IUCN's consultations led it to emphasize the crucial role of ecosystems as the basis of our life support systems, without which security cannot be achieved and sustained. The vision also proposes a plan of action to help us achieve the sustainable world we envision in 2025.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Conservation Union
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2831705177

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Vision for Water and Nature by Anonim Pdf

The Vision for Water and Nature is the "environment and ecosystems" component of the World Water Vision exercise of the World Water Council. It represents the first meaningful attempt to fully integrate environment issues into the development of a comprehensive strategy for water resource management at the global level. The vision was developed by IUCN through an extensive consultation effort based on three thematic workshops on freshwater ecosystem management and social, economic and environmental security, respectively. Instead of considering the environment as one of many water management sub-sectors, IUCN's consultations led it to emphasize the crucial role of ecosystems as the basis of our life support systems, without which security cannot be achieved and sustained. The vision also proposes a plan of action to help us achieve the sustainable world we envision in 2025.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Freshwater ecology
ISBN : 2831705789

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Vision for Water and Nature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Conservation Union
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Freshwater ecology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924084898448

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Vision for Water and Nature by Anonim Pdf

The Vision for Water and Nature is the "environment and ecosystems" component of the World Water Vision exercise of the World Water Council. It represents the first meaningful attempt to fully integrate environment issues into the development of a comprehensive strategy for water resource management at the global level. The vision was developed by IUCN through an extensive consultation effort based on three thematic workshops on freshwater ecosystem management and social, economic and environmental security, respectively. Instead of considering the environment as one of many water management sub-sectors, IUCN's consultations led it to emphasize the crucial role of ecosystems as the basis of our life support systems, without which security cannot be achieved and sustained. The vision also proposes a plan of action to help us achieve the sustainable world we envision in 2025.

Author : Caroline Figueres,Johan Rockstrom,Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849772402

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Rethinking Water Management by Caroline Figueres,Johan Rockstrom,Cecilia Tortajada Pdf

If water resources are to be distributed efficiently, equitably and cost-effectively in this rapidly changing world, then it is clear that current water management practices are no longer feasible. Innovative approaches are required to meet the increasing water demands of a growing world population and economy and the needs of the ecosystems supporting them. New approaches have to be employed at global, national and local levels. In Rethinking Water Management, a new generation of water experts from around the world examine the critical challenges confronting the water profession, including rainwater and groundwater management, recycling and reuse, water rights, transboundary access to water and financing of water. They offer important new perspectives on the use, management and conservation of fresh water, in terms of both quantity and quality, for the domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors, and show how a new set of paradigms can be applied to successfully manage water for the future. Caroline Figueres is Head of the Urban Infrastructure Department at UNESCO-IHE Water Education Institute in The Netherlands.Cecilia Tortajada is Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico and Vice President-elect of the International Water Resources Association. Johan Rockstr'm is Water Resources Expert at UNESCO-IHE.

Author : Unesco,World Water Assessment Programme (United Nations)
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Water conservation
ISBN : 9789231040061

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Water by Unesco,World Water Assessment Programme (United Nations) Pdf

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.

Author : Connor, Richard
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-23
Category : Energy development
ISBN : 9789231000713

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The United Nations world water development report 2015: water for a sustainable world by Connor, Richard Pdf

The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is hosted and led by UNESCO. WWAP brings together the work of 31 UN-Water Members as well as 37 Partners to publish the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) series. Under the theme Water for Sustainable Development, the WWDR 2015 has been prepared as a contribution from UN-Water to the discussions surrounding the post-2015 framework for global sustainable development. Highlighting water's unique and often complex role in achieving various sustainable development objectives, the WWDR 2015 is addressed to policy- and decision-makers inside and outside the water community, as well as to anyone with an interest in freshwater and its many life-giving benefits. The report sets an aspirational yet achievable vision for the future of water towards 2050 by describing how water supports healthy and prosperous human communities, maintains well functioning ecosystems and ecological services, and provides a cornerstone for short and long-term economic development. It provides an overview of the challenges, issues and trends in terms of water resources, their use and water-related services like water supply and sanitation. The report also offers, in a rigorous yet accessible manner, guidance about how to address these challenges and to seize the opportunities that sound water management provides in order to achieve and maintain economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231041150

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The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Building a 2nd Generation of World Water Scenarios by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Sustainable development
ISBN : 2831705142

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Vision for Water and Nature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Global Invasive Species Programme
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nonindigenous pests
ISBN : 9782831706092

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Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species by Global Invasive Species Programme Pdf

The spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is creating complex and far-reaching challenges that threaten both the natural biological riches of the earth and the well being of its citizens. While the problem is global, the nature and severity of the impacts on society, economic life, health, and natural heritage are distributed unevenly across nations and regions. Thus, some aspects of the problem require solutions tailored to the specific values, needs, and priorities of nations while others call for consolidated action by the larger world community. Preventing the international movement of invasive alien species and coordinating a timely and effective response to invasions will require cooperation and collaboration among governments, economic sectors, non-governmental organisations, and international treaty organisations. This strategy highlights the dimensions of the problem and outlines a framework for mounting a global-scale response. While both the problem and the scale of the solution may appear dauntingly complex, the issue presents an unparalleled opportunity to respond with actions that link preservation of biodiversity with protection of the health and livelihood of the world's human populations.

Author : L. Hens,Bhaskar Nath
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402036523

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The World Summit on Sustainable Development by L. Hens,Bhaskar Nath Pdf

This book provides an overview of the most important issues as they are dealt with in the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development’s Plan of Implementation. It addresses the science behind the discussions on poverty, production and consumption patterns, water, energy, Small Island Developing States, sustainability issues in Central/Eastern Europe and Latin America, and the role of the financial world in the sustainable development of education, science and research.

Author : J. Alcamo
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080932983

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Environmental Futures by J. Alcamo Pdf

As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems. Over the last few years scenario analysis has become one of the key tools for bridging environmental science and policy. This is the first book to sum up the current practice of environmental scenario analysis and to propose directions for improving its quality and effectiveness. Chapters are written by an international group of distinguished scenario experts and provide an excellent starting basis for first-time scenario practitioners, as well as a collection of new ideas on improving scenario practice for experienced scenario analysts. * Comprehensive coverage and overview on environmental scenario analysis from a team of international experts * First book to address key contemporary issues involved with environmental scenario analysis * Gives guidelines for best practices Benefits: * Excellent starting base for first-time scenario practitioners * Helps the reader to interpret scenarios and to place them into the correct context

Author : Unesco,World Water Assessment Programme (United Nations)
Publisher : Unesco
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : UCR:31210024635185

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Water for a Sustainable World by Unesco,World Water Assessment Programme (United Nations) Pdf

The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is hosted and led by UNESCO. WWAP brings together the work of 31 UN-Water Members as well as 37 Partners to publish the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) series. Under the theme Water for Sustainable Development, the WWDR 2015 has been prepared as a contribution from UN-Water to the discussions surrounding the post-2015 framework for global sustainable development. Highlighting water's unique and often complex role in achieving various sustainable development objectives, the WWDR 2015 is addressed to policy- and decision-makers inside and outside the water community, as well as to anyone with an interest in freshwater and its many life-giving benefits. The report sets an aspirational yet achievable vision for the future of water towards 2050 by describing how water supports healthy and prosperous human communities, maintains well functioning ecosystems and ecological services, and provides a cornerstone for short and long-term economic development. It provides an overview of the challenges, issues and trends in terms of water resources, their use and water-related services like water supply and sanitation. The report also offers, in a rigorous yet accessible manner, guidance about how to address these challenges and to seize the opportunities that sound water management provides in order to achieve and maintain economic, social and environmental sustainability.