Water
- First assessment of transboundary waters in the UNECE region
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This UNECE assessment discusses pressures on transboundary waters in South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia - and examines current measures to monitor and improve their status.
Latest Additions
- Water politics and development cooperation
- ( Peter Mollinga / Springerlink , 2008)
- The key challenge in the water sector is not a lack of water, knowledge, financial resources or technology. In general, it is the political sphere that determines if water problems are solved or not, ...
- Can improved sanitation make children healthier?
- ( L Cameron / Young Lives , 2009)
- Some 250,000 Ethiopian children die each year from poor sanitation, hygiene and water. Ethiopia has ambitious plans to ensure universal access to pit latrines in all rural areas by 2012. But will peop...
- Better integrated management of water resources and regulation is needed to manage chronic water scarcity in this region
- ( K. Frenken (ed) / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
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This FAO report aims to provide an accurate status of rural water resources management, with a special focus on irrigation, highlighting the major changes that have occurred in the last d...
- Managing Africa’s water in a changing climate
- ( Arid Lands Information Network , 2009)
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Nearly one-third of all water-related disasters occur in Africa. The second issue of Joto Afrika considers the relationship between climate change, the greater incidence of extreme weather events, ...
- Urgent need for climate change adaptation measures in Arab countries
- ( M.K. Tolba (ed);N.W. Saab (ed) / Arab Forum for Environment and Development , 2009)
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Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be imme...
Water shortages for Palestinians result from discriminatory policies and practices
- ( Amnesty International , 2009)
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Lack of access to adequate, safe and clean water has been a longstanding problem for the Palestinian population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Though exacerbated in recent years by ...
- Is it feasible to model water quality and quantity management?
- ( M., G. Alcoforado de Moraes;X. Cai;C. Ringler / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2009)
- Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol produc...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- ( A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2008)
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Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much hi...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- ( A.B. Shrestha;S.H. Shah;R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2008)
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Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people ...
- How can environmental change impact energy generation?
- ( C. Paskal (ed) / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2009)
- Energy generation, extraction, refining, processing and distribution require a multifaceted global infrastructure. However, much of that infrastructure lies in areas that may become increasingly physi...
