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- Title
The pending `water crisis'
- Authors
Oudshoorn, H. M.
- Abstract
An apparent abundance of water on earth would indicate that the quantity of water available for human use is meeting all needs of society, However, recent investigations conclude that there are many areas where the demands are growing beyond water availability and problems arise from intensive withdrawals, mismanagement, or simply low availability. Water resources planners in the next century are very likely to encounter a new and different kind of scarcity; a scarcity that cannot be solved by engineering measures but calls for finding an intricate balance between the interests of a number of actors involved. Water demand is no longer an evident necessity but is one of the claims to be subjected to (political) decision making. Managing the demand of water in the framework of the objectives of a national socio-economic development plan is a challenge in the water planning process. Many technical, legislative and institutional tools are available to support this process. Such planning requires strong mechanisms and political involvement at the national level and a strong social support atthe local level.
- Subjects
WATER management
- Publication
GeoJournal, 1997, Vol 42, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0343-2521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1006805025176