The water resources challenge
- Author: United Nations Environment Programme
- Main Title: Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water use and Water Pollution , pp 20-31
- Publication Date: July 2016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/2eb08d00-en
- Language: English
In order to properly address the challenge of reducing water consumption to sustainable levels and achieving decoupling it is necessary to understand what drives the development in water demand and use. This section describes the drivers of water use and how these are expected to lead to increased pressure on water resources in the future. The impacts of water use are then described, including depletion and other associated environmental impacts. Depletion impacts are relevant for resource decoupling while other environmental impacts are relevant for impact decoupling.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210600958
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/d38f0de2-en
Related Subject(s):
Environment and Climate Change
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Natural Resources Water and Energy
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Public Health
Sustainable Development Goals:
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