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- Title: Surviving Scarcity: Sustainable Management of Water Resources.
- Author : Harvard International Review
- Release Date : January 22, 1996
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 250 KB
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THE WORLD'S POLICYMAKERS often take for granted the assumption that the earth's supplies of usable water are essentially unlimited. However, as we enter the new millennium, that assumption is appearing less and less tenable. Per capita water supplies worldwide are now a third lower than they were 25 years ago; this unsettling figure is largely attributable to the addition of 1.8 billion people to the earth's population since then. Over the next 30 years, the earth's population is expected to grow to at least 8 billion. This anticipated growth will cause global demand for water to increase significantly. Industrialization, urbanization, and the expansion of agriculture will also contribute to the depletion of water resources. By 2025, as many as 52 countries, with a combined population of some 3 billion people, will suffer from the strain of insufficient water resources. These impending shortages will be severely detrimental to global public health, worldwide environmental conditions, and international security. Current water management techniques have failed to lay the foundations that would allow nations to face these challenges successfully. Fortunately, however, governments can remedy these shortfalls by promoting cooperation among government sectors in the task of water management, by treating water as an economic good, and by promoting the participation of all water users in the formulation of policies relating to water. The Consequences of Scarcity