Monthly Archives: July 2012

The United Nations Role in Water Part 3; approaches to health in water

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

The UNDP Human Development Report in 2011 notes that “limited access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation accounts for 1.6 million deaths a year.” The United Nations has a large role to play in improving global health. In my … Continue reading →

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Dealing with droughts; are dams the answer?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

On June 5, 2012 a group of major international dam NGOs approved a global declaration entitled Water Storage for Sustainable Development. This declaration calls for more dams to increase storage in order to enable development and mitigate harm caused by … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Role in Water Part 2; scientific research and education approaches to water

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein quoted in Managing Water Under Uncertanty and Risk Science and education enable us to develop new ways of thinking about water. … Continue reading →

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Drought in the US, not made in China

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

The United States is facing a major crisis which its water allocation system may not be able to handle. The largest recorded disaster area in United States history is currently ravaging the US in the form of a drought across the … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Role in Water Part 1; Economic and Social Approaches to Water

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

“Between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells.” The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012 In my effort to both understand and explain who is doing what … Continue reading →

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Independence and Water

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

With the recent American Independence Day and the upcoming first anniversary of independence for South Sudan, there are a number of issues with water in newly independent states. South Sudan recently gained independence from Sudan and is within the Nile … Continue reading →

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Finding Data on the Water Crisis

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

There is a coming global water crisis which is being discussed in the mainstream media. This blog is going to be a place to discuss the social science side of the problem and what organizations are out there working to … Continue reading →

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