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13Table of contentsBox 13.1: Water valuation and Agenda 21 326The Value of Water: Definitions and Perspectives 327A controversial issue 327Recognizing andValuing the ManyFaces of WaterBox 13.2: Dreamtime and water in Aboriginal Australia 327Box 13.3: Key recommendations for an integrated approach tofreshwater resource management 328Conceptual premises and theoretical foundations 329Figure 13.1: Value of water 329Value functions 330Table 13.1: Value of aquatic ecosystem water services 330Box 13.4: Value of groundwater as a ‘common property’ resource 331Box 13.5: Water rights – valuing water and historical background in Japan 332Complexities: theory versus practice 333The Functions of Economic Water Valuation 333Role in resource management and allocation 333Box 13.6: Valuing water in Sri Lanka 334Role in financing 334Table 13.2: Yearly funding requirements for water supply and sanitation 334Table 13.3: Yearly future funding requirements by the entire water andsanitation sector (in billion US$) 334Role in public-private partnerships 335Box 13.7: African Development Bank – policy statements on social issues 336Role in cost recovery 336Table 13.4: Situation of cost recovery in irrigation for selected countries 336By: UNDESA (United NationsDepartment of Economic andSocial Affairs)Collaborating agencies:UNECE (United NationsEconomic Commission forEurope)/World BankRole in water pricing 337Box 13.8: Water pricing in Croatia 337Table 13.5: Comparison of water pricing in developed countries 338Role in regulating water markets 338