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TitleWater security for better lives
Publication TypeProgress Report
Year of Publication2013
Corporate AuthorsOECD
Pagination171 p.,
Date Published09/2013
PublisherOECD
Place Published2013
ISBN Number9789264202405 (PDF) ; 9789264202399 (print)
Keywordsinadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems, water excess, water security, water shortage
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. [authors abstract]

DOI10.1787/9789264202405-en

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