Water Security for Better Lives

By OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780405766
• ISBN13: 9781780405766
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: IWA Publishing (Intl Water Assoc)
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"