provides, such as supplying good quality water, protecting people from
droughts and floods, and providing a healthy environment for people and
ecosystems. These are the end goals of an integrated approach and together
they comprise the concept of water security.
The process of integrating water resources management is now reaching
adulthood. It has changed the way people think about water management
from a sub-sectoral approach to a cross-sectoral approach which includes
water for people, food, ecosystems, and industry. IWRM is usually applied
at a basin scale to include all upstream-downstream aspects. The ultimate
goal is to achieve a water system which is economically efficient, socially
equitable, and environmentally sustainable. Together this allows a better
balance between the management of water as a service and as a resource.
Looking ahead, water management needs to respond to the worldwide
movement and enthusiasm towards sustainable resource use and ‘the future
we want’. Societies have already become more conscious of the problems of
water scarcity and how they are all closely inter-connected. The problems
of climate change for example, are interlinked with the problems of water
security, food security, and energy security. These interconnections are often
ignored when policy-makers devise partial responses to individual problems.
They call for broader public policy planning tools with the capacity to
encourage legitimate public/collective clarification of the trade-offs and the
assessment of the potential of multiple uses of water to facilitate development
and growth.
provides, such as supplying good quality water, protecting people from
droughts and floods, and providing a healthy environment for people and
ecosystems. These are the end goals of an integrated approach and together
they comprise the concept of water security.
The process of integrating water resources management is now reaching
adulthood. It has changed the way people think about water management
from a sub-sectoral approach to a cross-sectoral approach which includes
water for people, food, ecosystems, and industry. IWRM is usually applied
at a basin scale to include all upstream-downstream aspects. The ultimate
goal is to achieve a water system which is economically efficient, socially
equitable, and environmentally sustainable. Together this allows a better
balance between the management of water as a service and as a resource.
Looking ahead, water management needs to respond to the worldwide
movement and enthusiasm towards sustainable resource use and ‘the future
we want’. Societies have already become more conscious of the problems of
water scarcity and how they are all closely inter-connected. The problems
of climate change for example, are interlinked with the problems of water
security, food security, and energy security. These interconnections are often
ignored when policy-makers devise partial responses to individual problems.
They call for broader public policy planning tools with the capacity to
encourage legitimate public/collective clarification of the trade-offs and the
assessment of the potential of multiple uses of water to facilitate development
and growth.
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