Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All
Harnessing the productive potential of water and limiting its destructive impacts have challenged the human species since its origins. Many of the earliest civilizations, particularly those on the floodplains of the world's major rivers, succe...
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okr-10986-117592021-04-23T14:02:57Z Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLOCATION OF WATER BULK WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE VARIABILITY DAMS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRAINAGE DRILLING RIGS DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT HYDROLOGY IRRIGATION LOCAL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESSURE PUMPING PUMPING RATES PUMPS QUALITY OF WATER RAINFALL RESERVOIRS RIVERS STORAGE CAPACITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRADEOFFS WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PRICING WATER PROJECTS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLIES Harnessing the productive potential of water and limiting its destructive impacts have challenged the human species since its origins. Many of the earliest civilizations, particularly those on the floodplains of the world's major rivers, succeeded by harnessing water, often in nation-building efforts that spawned great civilizations. But water is also a force for destruction, catastrophically through drought, flood, landslides, and epidemic, and progressively through erosion, inundation, desertification, contamination, and disease. Water also has been a source of dispute, particularly where it crosses jurisdictional boundaries. Today, where water supplies are adequate and reliable, societies are relatively rich. Water security was easily achieved in temperate climates where rainfall is not extremely variable. By contrast, where water is scarce, variable, and uncontrolled, most societies have remained poor, and basic water security has not been achieved. There are other reasons why societies are poor or rich, but the significance of water security is considerable, and little recognized. Over time, human beings have developed reservoirs of knowledge and experience about how to control and manage water, but, with economic development and population growth, the demands on water have grown apace. This is true in all industrial countries, which invested early and heavily in water infrastructure, institutions, and management capacity. It is equally true in developing countries, where investments in water development and management remain an urgent priority. In some developing countries, often the poorest, the severity of the challenge of managing water is almost without precedent. 2012-08-13T15:56:41Z 2012-08-13T15:56:41Z 2008-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9677333/sink-or-swim-toward-water-security-all http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11759 English Water P-Notes; No. 7 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLOCATION OF WATER BULK WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE VARIABILITY DAMS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRAINAGE DRILLING RIGS DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT HYDROLOGY IRRIGATION LOCAL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESSURE PUMPING PUMPING RATES PUMPS QUALITY OF WATER RAINFALL RESERVOIRS RIVERS STORAGE CAPACITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRADEOFFS WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PRICING WATER PROJECTS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLIES World Bank Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All |
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Harnessing the productive potential of
water and limiting its destructive impacts have challenged
the human species since its origins. Many of the earliest
civilizations, particularly those on the floodplains of the
world's major rivers, succeeded by harnessing water,
often in nation-building efforts that spawned great
civilizations. But water is also a force for destruction,
catastrophically through drought, flood, landslides, and
epidemic, and progressively through erosion, inundation,
desertification, contamination, and disease. Water also has
been a source of dispute, particularly where it crosses
jurisdictional boundaries. Today, where water supplies are
adequate and reliable, societies are relatively rich. Water
security was easily achieved in temperate climates where
rainfall is not extremely variable. By contrast, where water
is scarce, variable, and uncontrolled, most societies have
remained poor, and basic water security has not been
achieved. There are other reasons why societies are poor or
rich, but the significance of water security is
considerable, and little recognized. Over time, human beings
have developed reservoirs of knowledge and experience about
how to control and manage water, but, with economic
development and population growth, the demands on water have
grown apace. This is true in all industrial countries, which
invested early and heavily in water infrastructure,
institutions, and management capacity. It is equally true in
developing countries, where investments in water development
and management remain an urgent priority. In some developing
countries, often the poorest, the severity of the challenge
of managing water is almost without precedent. |
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Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All |
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Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All |
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Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All |
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