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Water is intertwined in the daily life of humans in countless ways.
The importance of water as a driver for health, food security, and
quality of life and as a pillar for economic development is unique.
As water affects human lives, the mankind also effects the
hydrological cycle, in all dimensions from the local to the global
scale. Food production accounts for 90% of water use in developing
countries. Hydropower production evokes emotions; yet sustainable
energy production is among cornerstones of economic development.
The damages caused by floods and droughts are escalating all over
the world. The human impacts on ecosystems are increasing as well.
Water is largely a political good since a bulk of the mankind lives
in river basins shared by two or more nations.
These complexities are approached in the book in depth. The
analyses include consideration of how developments in seemingly
unrelated processes and sectors such as globalisation, free trade,
energy, security, information and communication revolutions,
health-related issues such as HIV/AIDS, as well as emerging
developments in sectors that are linked more conventionally to
water, such as population growth, urbanisation, technological
development, agriculture, infrastructure, energy, management of
water quality and ecosystem health, are likely to affect water
management in the future. For the first time, a pragmatic attempt
is make to define a realistic framework for water management in
2020 with leading experts from different parts of the world as well
as different disciplines.
Aragon: Forum for Global Debates on Water Water is such a scarce
resource, and of such high value, that it merits profound re?ection
on its future management. With this in mind, the idea emerged of
org- ising a unique international summit in Aragon - because of the
issue involved and because it would be the ?rst to which top-level
experts from a variety of sectors and disciplines would be invited
to debate the future of water management. Accordingly, in November
2006, the newly established International Centre of Water and the
Environment (CIAMA-La Alfranca) of the Government of Aragon brought
together leading national and international experts on water
issues, as well as on population, development, economics,
agriculture, energy, health, and techn- ogy, for a workshop
entitled "Water Management Beyond 2020." Various probable scenarios
for the management of water in the medium and long term were
debated. Those who also took part in organising the event included
the Mexico-based Third World Centre for Water Management, headed by
its President Prof. Asit K. Biswas, who is also a Senior Advisor to
CIAMA, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation of the United States, with
its President Mr. Keiji Iwatake. I wish to thank them, as well as
Dr. Cecilia Tortajada, Scienti?c Director of the CIAMA and
President of the Int- national Water Resources Association, for
their dedication and e?ort in conceiving the event and ensuring its
success.
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