Water security

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dc.creatorSadoff, Claudia W.
dc.creatorGrey, D.
dc.creatorBorgomeo, Edoardo
dc.date2020-05-31
dc.date2020-06-05T05:31:34Z
dc.date2020-06-05T05:31:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:25:49Z
dc.descriptionWater security has emerged in the 21st century as a powerful construct to frame the water objectives and goals of human society and to support and guide local to global water policy and management. Water security can be described as the fundamental societal goal of water policy and management. This article reviews the concept of water security, explaining the differences between water security and other approaches used to conceptualize the water-related challenges facing society and ecosystems and describing some of the actions needed to achieve water security. Achieving water security requires addressing two fundamental challenges at all scales: enhancing water’s productive contributions to human and ecosystems’ well-being, livelihoods and development, and minimizing water’s destructive impacts on societies, economies, and ecosystems resulting, for example, from too much (flood), too little (drought) or poor quality (polluted) water.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108391
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/155589
dc.languageen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceSadoff, Claudia; Grey, D.; Borgomeo, Edoardo. 2020. Water security. In Oxford University Press. Oxford research encyclopedia of environmental science. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. 19p. (Online first)
dc.subjectwater security
dc.subjectwater stress
dc.subjectwater scarcity
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectwater resources
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectflooding
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectwater pollution
dc.subjectconflicts
dc.subjectwater policy
dc.subjectwater governance
dc.subjectecosystems
dc.subjectenvironmental effects
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectrisks
dc.subjectindicators
dc.titleWater security
dc.typeBook Chapter

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