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The increasing demands for water and the increasing uncertainty of water relating to climate change has highlighted the need to address water in a more holistic way – e.g. the availability of adequate quantities and qualities of water at the time needed for resilient societies and ecosystems in the face of risks and increasing competition. To ensure and sustain water security is one of the grand challenges to achieve the sustainable development goals and measurements of water security includes both the water experiences of households and its impact on human well-being, assessment of freshwater availability and water resources security, respectively. Considering that more than 90 percent of disasters are water-related, with climate change hitting hardest through water, both spatial scale and temporal variation is equally important in the interpretation and assessment of water security, as distribution of water resources and water governance decisions will change water security in space and time.
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Tematik: HälsaMiljö och klimat
Geografiskt område: Global
Språk: Engelska