Sustainable Development and Water Security
Towards Achieving a Water-Secure World
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Sustainable Development and Water Security
Towards Achieving a Water-Secure World
About this book
Water is an integral part of our daily lives, yet most of us have little idea about how much water we use to maintain our lifestyles and the extent to which our lifestyles pollute and degrade water resources. The increasing occurrence of floods, droughts and water pollution incidents are reminders of our vulnerability in relation to water. Estimates suggest that global water demand could outstrip supply by the middle of the century if we continue with the current "business as usual" approach to water management.
Melvyn Kay and Olcay Ünver use Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 as a framework to explore the concept of sustainable water resources management and how to improve water security. They provide a synthesis of water resources planning and management issues across all water-using sectors to dispel misunderstandings and myths and enable informed approaches to decision-making. In so doing, they offer an in-depth critical review of SDG6, including what it does and does not do. Case studies from around the world are used throughout the book to illustrate the key issues of water (in)security.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Sustainability Matters
- Title Page
- To Judith for her constancy, and Mohamed Ait-Kadi for our inspiring times together.
- Contents
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Water, water …
- 2 Understanding water better and working together
- 3 An anatomy of SDG 6
- 4 Responding to the challenges
- 5 Thinking beyond SDG 6: links with other SDGs
- 6 Our final word
- Glossary
- Further reading
- References
- Index