TY  - RPRT
AU  - Gleick, P.H.
AU  - Singh, Ashbindu
AU  - Shi, Hua
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Threats to the world's freshwater resources
BT  - Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
KW  - change
KW  - climate
KW  - climate change
KW  - development
KW  - diseases and disorders
KW  - ecosystem
KW  - ecosystem health
KW  - fresh water
KW  - global
KW  - impact
KW  - management
KW  - non-USGS series
KW  - pollution
KW  - Reports
KW  - resources
KW  - tool
KW  - water
KW  - water management
KW  - water resource
N2  - As we move into the 21st century, water managers and policymakers must face new threats to the world's freshwater resources. These threats include pollution, the impacts of climate change, a resurgence of water-related diseases, and the destruction of freshwater ecosystems. Despite the pressing nature of these threats, water institutions and policymakers have, so far, been largely unable to develop the tools and approaches needed to address these problems. This report focuses on four emerging threats and challenges: water and ecosystem health, the destruction of freshwater ecosystems; freshwater quality concerns; and long-term global climate change and its impact of water resources. Our report also offers several new solutions and approaches to the problem. First among these is a realization that sustainable use of freshwater requires a new dialogue on the ultimate ends to be served by water management.
SN  - http://na.unep.net/siouxfalls/reparchive.php
UR  - http://na.unep.net/siouxfalls/reparchive.php
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ID  - Gleick_etal2001
ER  -