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GWP publishes Perspectives Papers to contribute to discussions on important issues related to water and development. We welcome responses to these occasional papers.
| No. 1 (2011) |
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Towards Integrated Urban Water Management
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If left unattended, the twin engines of urbanisation and resource depletion will undermine efforts to achieve and sustain water security: water availability and access will be eroded and conflicts over use will escalate.
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No. 1 (2011) read pdf: english  spanish
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| No. 2 (2012) |
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Increasing Water Security - A Development Imperative
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This paper considers what we have learnt about our water challenges since 1992 and suggests key interventions to help communities and countries to achieve the goal of water security. |
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No. 2 (2012) read pdf: english
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| No. 3 (2012) |
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Water in the Green Economy |
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Water is not just part of the economy; it is embedded within the economy. Without it the economy could not function. Thus water will be central to the innovative thinking and effective solutions required to establish the green economy. In this paper (6MB), GWP sets out the case for an IWRM approach to water security and its potential to lead the process of ‘greening’ the world’s economies. |
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No. 3 (2012) read pdf: english
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| No. 4 (2012) |
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Groundwater Resources and Irrigated Agriculture |
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This paper provides an overview of the current situation in patterns and drivers of intensive groundwater use, the ways in which sustainability can be improved in “groundwater-only” irrigation areas and conjunctive use in major alluvial canal commands, and considers the future outlook |
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No. 4 (2012) read pdf: english
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