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Considerable attention has been given during the past few years to the water crisis that many regions of the world may face in the coming decades. While the mag- tude and the extent of the global water scarcity problems of the future should not be underestimated, a serious analysis of the current trends indicate that the main water crisis in the coming years is most likely to stem primarily from water quality deterioration and lack of investment funds, rather than from physical water scar- ties per se, as is widely expected at present. In spite of the seriousness of continuing water quality deterioration in most countries of the world, water quality management continues to be a somewhat - glected issue in the international water community. Even the magnitudes and - tents of the water quality problems are not reliably known in many developed countries and in nearly all developing ones. Accordingly, in order to assess the current situation in water quality management in the Americas, and to discuss the alternatives available to improve the existing and future water quality conditions in a cost-effective and timely manner, the Third World Centre for Water M- agement in Mexico, the National Water Agency in Brazil (Agência Nacional de Águas), and the Inter-American Development Bank organised a workshop on “Water Quality Management for the Americas,” in Fortaleza, Brazil, 12-13 April 2004.

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This book pursues a comprehensive approach so as to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of climate change on sustainable development, focusing on the perspective of water. Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues and will become increasingly important in the decades to come, as societies will feel its pervasive impacts in many aspects of their lives. Given that the majority of these climate change impacts will be felt through the medium of water, the book explores the interrelationships and inter-linkages between water, climate change and sustainable development.

Environmental Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Water resources development. --- Climatic changes. --- Sustainable development. --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Economic development --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Sustainable Development. --- Hydrology/Water Resources. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Water Industry/Water Technologies. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Hydrology. --- Climate change. --- Water-supply. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Aquatic sciences --- Earth sciences --- Hydrography --- Water --- Global environmental change

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Water’s role in the nature is very fundamental. As it circulates in the atmosphere, in the rivers, lakes, soil, rock, and in the oceans, it is the major conveyer of va- ous chemical substances and of energy, and it can also be called as the blood of the ecosystems of this planet. But at the same time water is interwoven in the va- ous functions of the nature and the human society in countless ways which makes water one of the most complicated challenges of the mankind today. These ch- lenges call for seeing water in a broad development framework, pressed by a mix of demographic, social, environmental, technological and economic drivers. Human beings are exploiting and enjoying, but at the same time polluting and deteriorating, the waters in various ways and water is equally important to the - man socio-economic system as it is to the nature. It may sound a bit anecdotal to say that water obeys no borders, but that is true; the hydrologic cycle with its r- ers, river basins, lakes, aquifers, rainfalls, oceans, etc., cross administrational b- ders without any passport control. River and lake basins are in most cases very different from the administrational borders that the human beings have set up.

Watershed management --- Water-supply --- Water resources development --- International cooperation. --- Management --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities --- Watershed development --- Watersheds --- Ecosystem management --- Environmental management. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental toxicology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Environmental pollution. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Ecotoxicology. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Ecotoxicology --- Environmental health --- Toxicology --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Environmental aspects --- Conservation --- Law and legislation --- Environmental policy. --- Nature conservation. --- Water pollution. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy

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Pays en développement --- Developing countries --- Ressource en eau --- Water resources --- Gestion des ressources --- resource management --- Qualité de l'eau --- Water quality --- Eau superficielle --- Surface water --- Eau souterraine --- groundwater --- Gestion des eaux --- water management --- Impact sur l'environnement --- Environmental impact