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Author : Andrei Jouravlev
Release : 2004
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 311/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Services on the Threshold of the XXI Century by : Andrei Jouravlev
Download or read book Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Services on the Threshold of the XXI Century written by Andrei Jouravlev. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Release : 2011-04-14
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Benefits of Investing in Water and Sanitation by : Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Download or read book Benefits of Investing in Water and Sanitation written by Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). This book was released on 2011-04-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of OECD Water Policy and Finance Set - Buy all four reports and save over 30% on buying separately! The provision of water supply, sanitation and wastewater services generates substantial benefits for public health, the economy and the environment. Benefits from the provision of basic water supply and sanitation services such as those implied by the millennium development goals are massive and far outstrip costs. Benefit-to-cost ratios have been reported to be as high as 7 to 1 for basic water and sanitation services in developing countries. Wastewater treatment interventions can generate significant benefits for public health, the environment and for certain economic sectors such as fisheries, tourism and property markets, although these benefits may be less obvious to individuals and more difficult to assess in monetary terms. Finally, protecting water resources from pollution and managing water supply and demand in a sustainable manner can deliver clear and sizeable benefits for both investors in the services and end water users. Investments in managing water resources are going to be increasingly needed in the context of increasing water scarcity at the global level. The full magnitude of the benefits of water services is seldom considered for a number of reasons. Non-economic benefits that are difficult to quantify but that are of high value to the concerned individuals and society, i.e. non-use values, dignity, social status, cleanliness and overall well-being are frequently under-estimated. In addition, benefit values are highly location-specific (depending on the prevalence of water-related diseases or the condition of receiving water bodies, for example) and cannot be easily aggregated. Visit the IWA WaterWiki to share material related to this title: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/GoldenTruthsaboutWaterSanitationandHygiene
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Release : 2000
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Book Synopsis Vision 21 by :
Download or read book Vision 21 written by . This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entering the 21st century, the Earth is the home for six billion people. Many of those live in wealth. But one billion people lack safe drinking water and almost three billion people (half of the world's community) lack adequate sanitation. This situation is humiliating, morally wrong and oppressive. Unhygienic conditions and the lack of sanitation and water services cause more than two million children to die each year from water-related diseases. Over a quarter of the developing world's people live in poverty, of which the lack of a healthy living environment is a major component. Poverty also reigns in many sections of the new independent states and the industrialised world. There too, unhygienic conditions often prevail. The global community has made advances in many fields but it has failed to ensure these most basic needs of deprived people. In order to change these conditions, a Vision is offered of a clean and healthy world in which every person has safe and adequate water and sanitation, and lives in a hygienic environment. Priority is given to sections of society, both urban and rural, where these basic provisions are lacking. Everywhere else actions are needed to safeguard existing services, on which this Vision places great value. Leaders and decision-makers all over the world are urged to commit themselves to achieve VISION 21. It can be done. The technology and resources can be available, provided a collective will exists. This document is the start of a collective movement forward toward making the world a better place. With the active commitment of people in urban and rural communities, their leaders, and sector professionals, water, sanitation and hygiene will be fundamental building blocks for human development and for the elimination of poverty.
Author : UNESCO
Release : 2012-01-01
Genre : Risk assessment
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Book Synopsis Managing Water Under Uncertainty and Risk: United Nations World Water Development Report #4 (3 Vols.) by : UNESCO
Download or read book Managing Water Under Uncertainty and Risk: United Nations World Water Development Report #4 (3 Vols.) written by UNESCO. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Released every three years since March 2003, the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), a flagship UN-Water report published by UNESCO, has become the voice of the United Nations system in terms of the state, use and management of the world's freshwater resources. The report is primarily targeted at national decision-makers and water resource managers, but is also aimed at educating and informing a broader audience, from governments to the private sector and civil society. It underlines the important roles water plays in all social, economic and environmental decisions, highlighting policy implications across various sectors, from local and municipal to regional and international levels. Similarly to the first two editions, this report includes a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of several key challenge areas, such as water for food, energy and human health, and governance challenges such as institutional reform, knowledge and capacity-building, and financing, each produced by individual UN agencies.
Author : WWAP
Release : 2019-03-19
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis The United Nations world water development report 2019 by : WWAP
Download or read book The United Nations world water development report 2019 written by WWAP. This book was released on 2019-03-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than t wo billion people lack even the most basic of services. The latest United Nations World Water Development Report, Leaving No One Behind, explores the symptoms of exclusion and investigates ways to overcome inequalities.
