BOOK
Water Security for Better Lives
(2014)
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Abstract
This publication examines the critical issues surrounding water security (water shortage, water excess, inadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems), providing a rationale for a risk-based approach and the management of trade-offs between water and other (sectoral and environmental) policies.
The report sets out a three-step process to "know", "target" and "manage" water risks: (1) appraising the risks, (2) judging the tolerability and acceptability of risks and weighing risk-risk trade-offs, and (3) calibrating appropriate responses.
The publication provides policy analysis and guidance on the use of market-based instruments and the complex links between water security and other policy objectives, such as food security, energy security, climate mitigation and biodiversity protection.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Table of contents | 5 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 8 | ||
| Abbreviations | 9 | ||
| Executive summary | 11 | ||
| Chapter 1:\rWhy does water security matter? | 13 | ||
| The water outlook | 15 | ||
| Applying a risk-based approach to water security: A conceptual framework | 16 | ||
| Know the risks | 19 | ||
| Target the risks | 21 | ||
| Manage the risks | 24 | ||
| Implementing the risk-based approach | 26 | ||
| What are the costs and impacts of inaction? | 27 | ||
| Notes | 28 | ||
| References | 28 | ||
| Chapter 2:\rApplying a risk-based approachto water security | 29 | ||
| Applying the “know”, “target” and “manage” framework | 30 | ||
| Know the risks | 30 | ||
| Target the risks | 33 | ||
| Manage the risks | 37 | ||
| Going beyond conventional approaches to address water security | 47 | ||
| Country cases | 48 | ||
| Managing risks of water shortage | 48 | ||
| Dealing with inadequate water quality | 57 | ||
| Managing flood risks | 58 | ||
| Securing resilience of groundwater systems | 59 | ||
| Applying a water risk strategy with a basin approach | 59 | ||
| Notes | 62 | ||
| References | 63 | ||
| Chapter 3:\rAchieving water security targetsthrough market-based instruments | 65 | ||
| Economic principles and instruments | 66 | ||
| Water supply | 68 | ||
| Water demand | 74 | ||
| Water quantity | 83 | ||
| Water quality | 87 | ||
| Integrated water resource management | 94 | ||
| Conclusions | 96 | ||
| Notes | 97 | ||
| References | 98 | ||
| Chapter 4:\rPolicy coherence toward water security | 105 | ||
| Spillover effects of sectoral and environmental policies on water security | 107 | ||
| Effects of non-water environmental markets on water security: Some empirical evidence | 112 | ||
| A framework for managing trade-offs between policies | 114 | ||
| Conclusions | 115 | ||
| Notes | 117 | ||
| References | 117 | ||
| ANNEXES | 119 | ||
| Annex A:\rGlossary of terms* | 121 | ||
| Notes | 123 | ||
| ANNEX B:\rBasic water facts | 125 | ||
| Water supply | 125 | ||
| Water demand | 129 | ||
| Water quantity | 133 | ||
| Water quality | 134 | ||
| Projections to 2050 | 135 | ||
| Potential impacts of climate change | 136 | ||
| Measuring water stress | 136 | ||
| Notes | 141 | ||
| References | 142 | ||
| ANNEX C:\rCosts and distributional impacts of inaction | 145 | ||
| Overview | 145 | ||
| Water of inadequate quality | 147 | ||
| Groundwater shortage | 159 | ||
| Notes | 167 | ||
| References | 168 | ||
| ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION\rAND DEVELOPMENT | 171 |