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This Report is a platform for the better
understanding of engineering, and of the roles
and responsibilities of engineers who may be
responsible for the safety of thousands of people.
The first ever international report on engineering
from UNESCO is intended to identify issues
and challenges facing engineering, promote
better understanding of engineering and its role,
and highlight ways of making engineering more
attractive to young people, especially women.
FORTHCOMING
The UNESCO History of Water and
Civilization
No substance has been as essential to the rise
of civilization as water. Our modern societies
are facing severe shortages of freshwater, under
pressure from ever-increasing demand. The
situation constitutes an unprecedented global
water crisis. These developments are the result
of current governance strategies intertwined
with complex historically-grounded cultural
dynamics influenced by economic forces,
social structures, demographic processes and
ideological standpoints. Yet the vast majority of
contemporary responses to water shortages have
tended to focus on technological solutions. By
adopting a cross-cultural, historical perspective
on water problems and by placing technological
solutions within their appropriate cultural and
historical contexts, we are bound to achieve
greater success in coping with the water crisis,
and in shaping sustainable solutions. A clear
understanding of the ethics of freshwater
management and its relationship to issues
of equity (notably gender equity), and social
solidarity will also contribute to a better sharing
of water resources.
The UNESCO International Hydrological
Programme is launching a seven-volume series
on the History of Water and Civilization
that will look at water from a global and
interdisciplinary perspective. It will examine
its interdependent social, cultural, political,
environmental and scientific facets and explore
directions in water management that draw
inspiration from the collective experiences
of humankind. The series will also serve as a
resource for other educational and informationsharing
activities. It targets policymakers,
engineers and other water professionals, as well
as managers, educators, experts in all fields and
the public in general.
Vol I - Water and Humanity: Historical Overview
explores key issues and cultural developments
in humanity’s relationships with water, taking
a holistic anthropological approach. It reveals
not only how various institutions and forces
at successive historical junctures have brought
about transformations in how water is used and
conceptualized, but also how our interactions
with water have transformed the way we see
ourselves and the world.
NEW
UNESCO
Publishing
UNESCO
SCIENCE
REPORT
2010
The Current State of Science
around the World
UNESCO Science Report 2010
The Current State of Science around the World
UNESCO Reference Works series
2010, 536 pp., fig., boxes, tables, photos, 29.7 × 21 cm
ISBN 978-92-3-104132-7
€ 29.00
UNESCO Publishing
The latest in a series which analyses the status of
science worldwide every five years, the UNESCO
Science Report 2010 is divided into national
and regional chapters, each written by experts
who hail from the same country or region they
are covering. The first chapter provides a global
overview of the main developments in scientific
research, innovation and higher education since
2005. Subsequent chapters provide a regional
perspective of the situation in Latin America,
the Caribbean, European Union, Southeast
Europe, Arab states, sub-Saharan Africa, Central
Asia, South and Southeast Asia and the South
Pacific. These regional chapters are interspersed
with national chapters shining the spotlight on
Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Japan,
Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Turkey
and the USA.
‘What effect is the current global economic
recession having on national science systems?’
‘How fast are the national innovation systems
developing in the BRIC countries (Brazil,
Russian Federation, India, China)? Which
new players are emerging in an increasingly
multipolar world?’ And ‘which countries are
experiencing difficulties in maintaining their
current status in an increasingly competitive
global environment?’ ‘What new R&D priorities
are emerging in a world confronted with
climate change and growing food, water and
energy insecurity?’ The report answers all these
questions and more.
This volume will come as a valuable addition
to the library of all ‘science watchers’, be they
academics, policy-makers, private businesses
or members of the general public interested in
learning how contemporary issues are shaping
science.
Forthcoming in French: Rapport de l’UNESCO sur la
science 2010
UNESCO Science Report 2005
UNESCO Reference Works series
Foreword by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of
UNESCO
2005, 274 pp., tables, figures, references 29.7 × 21 cm
ISBN 978-92-3-103967-6
€ 44.00
UNESCO Publishing
The UNESCO Science Report 2005 is the
fourth in a series which periodically presents a
global overview of science. It reviews the state
of science around the world through the eyes
of an independent team of experts. A series
of informative and thought-provoking essays
identifies and discusses emerging trends in
scientific research and higher education.
Each chapter describes how research and
development are organized in a given region
or country. Who is performing research and
development today? Where and with what
means? What are the new priorities?
Authoritative and readable, the UNESCO
Science Report 2005 brings together an extensive
number of figures and tables to help understand
how contemporary issues are shaping science.
Also published in French: Rapport de l’UNESCO sur
la science 2005
Water, a Shared Responsibility
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2
Foreword by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General. Prologue
by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO.
Preface by Gordon Young, WWAP Coordinator.
2006, xvi + 584 pp., maps, figures, tables, index,
27 × 20 cm + CD-ROM
ISBN 978-92-3-104006-1
€ 56.00
UNESCO Publishing/Berghahn Books
Based on the collective input of 24 United
Nations agencies and in partnership with many
governments, Water, A Shared Responsibility
provides a comprehensive assessment of the
state of the world’s freshwater resources, critical
water-related problems and societies’ coping
mechanisms. This 2006 edition of the World
Water Development Report, first published in
2003, draws on an extensive database, expert
analyses, case studies and hundreds of graphic
elements to offer a more integrated vision of
water resource management. The report points
to a prevalent lack of capacity and knowledge
base as today’s primary obstacles to achieving
the necessary levels of water governance and
illustrates that only our global cooperation
will help to ensure an integrated equitable and
sustainable management of the world’s most
precious resource – water.