Comprehensive Assessment of the Freshwater Resources of the World. Sustaining OurWaters into the 21st Century

摘要

This report elaborates on the policy approaches and policy options that wouldfacilitate a long-term sustainable water use, building on other background material for the Assessment and on the outcome of an international workshop. The report urges that more attention be given to qualitative aspects of water. Threats of water quality degradation will increasingly affect human and ecosystem health, as well as industrial development. Water is recognized as a vital resource for life, human and societal development and environmental sustainability. Related to this basic view is also a wide acceptance that water should be treated as an economic and social good and that management must aim for the most worthwhile use ensuring equity concerns, efficiency and environmental sustainability. (Copyright (c) 1997 Stockholm Environment Institute.)