- Table of contents
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Toward a world of thirst ?
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Foreword
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Executive summary
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Water and population
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State of the world’s water
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Freshwater resources
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Storage, distribution and circulation
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Water use and management
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A scarce and competitive resource
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Water management in urban area
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River’s fragmentation
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Pollution
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Biodiversity in freshwater
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Water and political conflicts
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Water and health
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Pricing water
Chapter 3
Coastal and marine water
Chapter 4
Water and climate change
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Dependency ratio in renewable water
The dependency ratio is a good indicator of where tension and conflict over water-sharing and use can occur. The map clearly depicts such areas including central Asia, the Middle East (especially Syria and Iraq), India and Pakistan, and surprisingly, low land countries such as the Netherlands.
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