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Water for people.pdf - WHO Thailand Digital Repository

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Lists of Figures, Maps, Boxes & TablesivAcknowledgementsxvForewordxixProloguexxPrefacexxiiPart I: Setting the Scene 1Chapter 1: THE WORLD’S WATER CRISIS 3Chapter 2: MILESTONES 23Chapter 3: SIGNING PROGRESS: INDICATORS MARK THE WAY 29Part II: A Look at the World’s Freshwater Resources 61Chapter 4: THE NATURAL WATER CYCLE 63ContentsPart III: Challenges to Life and Well-Being 97Chapter 5: BASIC NEEDS AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH 99Chapter 6: PROTECTING ECOSYSTEMS FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET 127Chapter 7: CITIES: COMPETING NEEDS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT 157Chapter 8: SECURING FOOD FOR A GROWING WORLD POPULATION 189Chapter 9: PROMOTING CLEANER INDUSTRY FOR EVERYONE’S BENEFIT 225Chapter 10: DEVELOPING ENERGY TO MEET DEVELOPMENT NEEDS 247Part IV: Management Challenges: Stewardship and Governance 267Chapter 11: MITIGATING RISK AND COPING WITH UNCERTAINTY 269Chapter 12: SHARING WATER: DEFINING A COMMON INTEREST 291Chapter 13: RECOGNIZING AND VALUING THE MANY FACES OF WATER 323Chapter 14: ENSURING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE: A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY 345Chapter 15: GOVERNING WATER WISELY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 367Part V: Pilot Case Studies: A Focus on Real-World Examples 385Chapter 16: CHAO PHRAYA RIVER BASIN, <strong>Thailand</strong> 387Chapter 17: LAKE PEIPSI/CHUDSKOE-PSKOVSKOE, Estonia and the Russian Federation 401Chapter 18: RUHUNA BASINS, Sri Lanka 415Chapter 19: SEINE-NORMANDY RIVER BASIN, France 429Chapter 20: SENEGAL RIVER BASIN, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal 447Chapter 21: LAKE TITICACA BASIN, Bolivia and Peru 463Chapter 22: GREATER TOKYO, Japan 481Part VI: Fitting the Pieces Together 499Chapter 23: THE WORLD’S WATER CRISIS: FITTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 501Annexes 537Acronyms 537Other Global Assessment Publications 540Index 544

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