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Europe, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
This document is a collection of essays which survey the controversial aspects of the management of water resources in urban areas in view of the increasing urbanisation and privatisation of water services. It addresses and characterises the conflicts that arise within large human settlements due to economic and social implications of access to and use of basic water services. It also presents in-depth case studies from Europe, Asia and Latin America.Exploring the geneses of the urban water conflicts the essays in the document list the following important causal factors:
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Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Asia, Northern America, Northern Africa, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia
This report highlights the potentially significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle and the importance of considering secondary effects, particularly with regard to water, resulting from the widespread adoption of global climate change mitigation measures. It is recommended that the implicit hydrologic dimensions of climate change mitigation should be more formally articulated within the international environmental conventions, and recognized within future UNFCCC negotiations on the CDM-AR provisions.
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Egypt, Iraq, Germany, China, Ireland, Canada, Iran, France, New Zealand, Jordan, Morocco, Libya, Turkey, Oman, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Asia, Africa
The current volume presents the Proceedings of an important meeting entitled "Regional Expert Consultation on Land Degradation, Plant, Animal and Human Nutrition: Inter-relation and Impact". This scientific gathering managed to have a group of soil scientists/plant nutrition specialists, animal nutrition and medical doctors/human nutrition specialists to discuss these inter-related issues.
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