Managing water under uncertainty and risk
Series: United Nations world water development report -- 4; United Nations world water development report -- 4.
Publisher: UNESCO
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789230010454
Subjects: Water-supply; Management; Risk assessment
Description: Released every three years since March 2003, the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), a  flagship UN-Water report published by UNESCO, has become the voice of the United Nations system in terms of the state, use and management of the world’s freshwater resources. The report is primarily targeted at national decision-makers and water resource managers, but is also aimed at educating and informing a broader audience, from governments to the private sector and civil society. It underlines the important roles water plays in all social, economic and environmental decisions, highlighting policy implications across various sectors, from local and  municipal to regional and international levels. Similarly to the first two editions, this report includes a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of several key challenge areas, such as water for food, energy  and human health, and governance challenges such as institutional reform, knowledge and capacity-building, and  financing, each produced by individual UN agencies.
Notes: The title, "Managing water under uncertainty and risk" is the overarching theme of the 3 volumes; volumes 2 and 3 have distinct titles. All three volumes of this number 4 of the series are in one online resource.