The increase in food prices and recent droughts underscore that freshwater shortage is bound to be a big challenge of the 21st century. Increased water demand because of population growth and increasing living standards (with changing diets and lifestyles) strains presented water resources. Regardless of reports related to an imminent water crisis, the world is not running out of water. Water is a sustainable international resource, which is more than enough.
The major dilemma is that water is very unevenly distributed across and within countries. Water shortage is mainly a local phenomenon, and anxieties build climate change that might worsen an already bad situation in water-scarce regions.
Water Markets from an Economic Point of View Case Study Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: September 12, 2012 PRODUCT #: UV6903-HCB-ENG
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