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Water Security for Better Lives

Water Security for Better Lives

Paperback Published on: 31/01/2014
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Synopsis

This publication examines the critical issues surrounding water security (water shortage, water excess, inadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems), providing a rationale for a risk-based approach and the management of trade-offs between water and other (sectoral and environmental) policies.

The report sets out a three-step process to "know", "target" and "manage" water risks: (1) appraising the risks, (2) judging the tolerability and acceptability of risks and weighing risk-risk trade-offs, and (3) calibrating appropriate responses.
The publication provides policy analysis and guidance on the use of market-based instruments and the complex links between water security and other policy objectives, such as food security, energy security, climate mitigation and biodiversity protection.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: IWA Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781780405766
  • Number of pages: 170
  • Dimensions: 279 x 211 x 13 mm
  • Weight: 442g
  • Languages: English