Water management, institutions and capacity development
- Authors: Richard Connor, Patrik Klintenberg, Anthony Turton and James Winpenny
- Main Title: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2012 , pp 133-156
- Publication Date: February 2012
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/5d153668-en
- Language: English
As described throughout the preceding chapters (1–4), water is central to all aspects of development, underpinning every social and economic sector. How humans manage water is therefore vital to the growth and prosperity of communities and societies. Yet the term ‘water management’ is often used (and misunderstood) with many meanings ascribed to it, even among experts within the water community. But what does the term really mean? Protecting and managing the natural resource? Providing water-related services? Meeting allocation and entitlement agreements and distributing (sometimes limited) supplies across a broad range of complex, interlinked uses with increasingly uncertain demands? The short answer is all of the above – and more.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210047098
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/bd022534-en
Related Subject(s):
Economic and Social Development
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Natural Resources Water and Energy
Sustainable Development Goals:
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