Water Resources in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Implications for Action

Water Resources in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Implications for Action
ISBN-10
089629627X
ISBN-13
9780896296275
Category
Social Science
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
1997-03-01
Publisher
Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Authors
Rosegrant, Mark W.

Description

In this paper, Mark W. Rosegrant assesses global water supply and demand, describes in detail the forces contributing to water scarcity, and lays out a number of strategies for managing water in the future. Any solution, Rosegrant asserts, will need to involve both the careful exploitation of new sources of water and strong measures to stimulate more efficient use of water. Policies must treat water not as a free good, as they often do now, but rather as a scarce commodity that comes at a price. Cooperation between countries sharing the same water basin will also become increasingly important as water becomes more scarce.

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