Integrated Water Resources Management in Action

 

During the consultation process for the third edition of the World Water Development Report, a general consensus emerged as to the need to make the forthcoming report more concise, while highlighting major future challenges associated with water availability in terms of quantity and quality. This side publication is part of a series that has been developed to ensure that all issues and debates that might not benefit from sufficient coverage within the report would find space for publication. The publication is jointly prepared by DHI Water Policy and UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment. It sets out to explore some of the practical aspects of the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The presentation has the following flow:

1. The relevance of IWRM for a number of key development issues

2. The key characteristics of the concept

3. The global status of IWRM

4. Practical implementation – the challenges

5. Practical implementation – case studies showing successful applications to problematic management scenarios

6. How IWRM programmes are being linked with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and adaptation to climate change by the setting of achievement milestones

 

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