Description: Grow in Concert with Nature : Sustaining East Asia's Water Resources through Green Water Defense

Grow in Concert with Nature : Sustaining East Asia's Water Resources through Green Water Defense

As countries develop, the demand for water increases while water supply becomes less certain and is often not enough to meet demand. In general, pressures from both environment and human activities can increase the likelihood of water scarcity. Suc...

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Main Authors:	Li, Xiaokai, Turner, Graeme, Jiang, Liping
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ADEQUATE PROVISION AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALGAL BLOOMS ALLOCATION SYSTEM ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARID REGIONS ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE ASSET MANAGEMENT AUGMENTATION AVAILABLE WATER AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BASIN TRANSFER BASINS BRACKISH WATER CATCHMENT CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT CATCHMENTS CHANNEL CHANNELS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE VARIABILITY COASTAL AREAS CONSUMPTIVE USE CUBIC METERS DECISION MAKING DEFICIT IRRIGATION DELTA REGIONS DELTAS DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DIKES DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DIVERSION DOMESTIC USE DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EROSION EVAPORATION FARM DAMS FARMERS FARMING FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD RISK FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FLOW MEASUREMENT FORESTRY FRESHWATER FROST GRAVITY GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER STORAGE GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INDUSTRIAL WATER INTERNATIONAL WATER INVESTMENT PLANNING IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATORS LAKES LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LARGE CITIES LEAKAGE MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES METERING NUTRIENTS ORGANIC CARBON OWNERSHIP OF WATER PIPELINE POINT SOURCE POLLUTION POINT SOURCES POLLUTION CONTROL PONDS POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER PUMPING QUALITY WATER QUANTITY OF WATER RAIN RAIN SHADOW RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECREATIONAL WATER RECYCLED WATER REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER RIPARIAN RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVERS ROOT ZONE RUNOFF RURAL WATER SALINITY SANITATION SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SCARCE · · WATER SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SECURE WATER SUPPLY SEEPAGE SEWAGE SYSTEMS SOIL MOISTURE STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RESOURCES SURFACE WATER SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER USE TOWN TOWNS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPIRATION URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATERSHED URBAN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WASTE DISPOSAL WASTEWATER WASTEWATER COLLECTION WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT WATER ACTS WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AUTHORITIES WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BODY WATER CHARGES WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER CORPORATIONS WATER CYCLE WATER CYCLE MANAGEMENT WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER GOVERNANCE WATER HARVESTING WATER INDUSTRY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LOSSES WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WATER MANAGERS WATER MARKETS WATER METERING WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICING WATER PROFESSIONALS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING WATER RECLAMATION WATER REGULATION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER REUSE WATER RIGHT TRADING WATER RIGHTS WATER SAVINGS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SELLERS WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVISION WATER SERVICES WATER SHARING WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER TREATMENT WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATER UTILITIES WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERWAY MANAGEMENT WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16438727/grow-concert-nature-sustaining-east-asias-water-resources-through-green-water-defense http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9370

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Summary:	As countries develop, the demand for water increases while water supply becomes less certain and is often not enough to meet demand. In general, pressures from both environment and human activities can increase the likelihood of water scarcity. Such pressures include increased socio-economic development and population growth, change in people's diets, competition for available water among different user sectors and growing climate variability. Climate change is likely to exacerbate the existing demand and supply stresses, particularly when more frequent and extreme droughts and floods, as well as rising sea level are becoming more evident. In temperate, sub-temperate regions, less rainfall and longer dry seasons are expected. In tropical areas, rainfall is predicted to be similar or greater in terms of annual average volumes, more intense and severe storms and seasonal droughts (IPCC, 2007). These pressures will test the effectiveness of water resource management systems in providing a consistent and secure water supply for all users, with minimum externalities. This study will assess advances in management practices, institutional and technological innovations for managing water scarcity sustainably under a changing climate. This study of 'sustaining East Asia's water resources through Green Water Defense (GWD) is a sub-study of the 'towards GWD in East Asia' study and is complemented by another sub-study 'green water defense for flood risk management in East Asia' that focuses on flood management in delta regions.

Grow in Concert with Nature : Sustaining East Asia's Water Resources through Green Water Defense

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