This publication examines the critical issues surrounding water security (water shortage, water excess, inadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems), providing a rationale for a risk-based approach and the management of trade-offs between water and other (sectoral and environmental) policies.
The report sets out a three-step process to "know", "target" and "manage" water risks: (1) appraising the risks, (2) judging the tolerability and acceptability of risks and weighing risk-risk trade-offs, and (3) calibrating appropriate responses.
The publication provides policy analysis and guidance on the use of market-based instruments and the complex links between water security and other policy objectives, such as food security, energy security, climate mitigation and biodiversity protection.
- ISBN10 1780405766
- ISBN13 9781780405766
- Publish Date 31 January 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint IWA Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 174
- Language English
- URL https://doi.org/10.2166/9781780405773