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Water and Sanitation Interlinkages across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl...
PDF | English | Socioeconomic development Water supply and sanitation
This UN-Water Analytical Brief analyses the central role of water and sanitation to describe the links and interdependencies between the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanit...
Issued on 2016.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
Towards a Worldwide Assessment of Freshwater Quality
PDF | English | Water quality Water supply and sanitation Assessment
The world is facing a water quality challenge. Serious and increasing pollution of fresh water in both developing and developed countries poses a growing risk to public health, food security, biodi...
Issued on 2016.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
UN-Water Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to Wa...
PDF | English | Irrigated farming and water management Water supply and sanitation
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development marks 20 years since the historic Earth Summit1
that was instrumental in laying the foundations and charting the course for contemp...Issued on 2012.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
The Manager’s Non-Revenue Water Handbook
PDF | English | Irrigated farming and water management Water supply and sanitation
Most developed countries have a solid infrastructure and established operational practices for managing and controlling non-revenue water (NRW). This is not always the case in developing countries;...
Issued on 2008.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
Vulnerability of the Drinking Water Resources of the Nabataeans of Petra...
PDF | English | Water quality Water supply and sanitation
This article deals with pollution/toxicology in an archaeological frame. Although the Nabataeans had created
a highly sophisticated water supply system, the water sources feeding the system can, a...Issued on 2010.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
The Water Cycle in the Sustainable Development Goals
PDF | English | Agricultural development Socioeconomic development Water supply and sanitation
Water and sanitation are at the very core of sustainable development. Safe drinking water and adequate sanitation and
hygiene are pillars of human health and well-being. In addition to domestic pu...Issued on 2016.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
Water Diplomacy: A Tool for Enhancing Water Peace and Sustainability in ...
PDF | English | Natural resources Socioeconomic development Water supply and sanitation
Latest developments at the United Nations, in New York, mark the next two years
(2012&2013) as “The Years of Water and Environment 2012 and “the Year of Water
Diplomacy”.
In this regard ‘a Techn...Issued on 2011.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
RAPID ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SYRIAN REFUGEE INFLUX ON THE ENVIRONME...
PDF | English | Development cooperation Disaster relief and response Social Cohesion and Resilience
This study presents a first-stage rapid assessment of the potential (and where figures are available, actual) impact on
the environment in Jordan of the influx of Syrian refugees fleeing the ongoi...Used by 1 CollectionIssued on 2015.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
Over Exploitation of Groundwater in the Centre of Amman Zarqa Basin—Jordan
PDF | English | Water supply and sanitation
Jordan faces a sincere water crisis. Groundwater is the major water resource in
Jordan and most of the ground water systems are already exploited beyond their estimated
safe yield. The Amman Zarq...Issued on 2015.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago -
Water Scarcity
PDF | English | Water supply and sanitation Water Conservation
Water scarcity has risen sharply up the EU policy agenda and will form a core focus for the Commission’s ‘Blueprint Safeguard Europe’s Waters’ in 2012. This briefing sets out key findings from rese...
Issued on 2011.Uploaded over 7 years agoLast updated almost 5 years ago