Water is a unique and non-substitutable resource of limited quantity. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and benefits. But unlike most other valuable resources, it has proven extremely difficult to determine its true ‘value’. The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current status of and challenges to the valuation of water across differing sectors and perspectives and identifies ways in which valuation can be promoted as a tool help achieve sustainability.
Foreword by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO ---- Foreword by by Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President of IFAD -- Preface -- WWDR 2021 Team -- Acknowledgements -- Executive Summary -- Prologue - The state of water resources -- Chapter 1 Valuing water : Perspectives, challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 2 Economic valuation of the source -- Chapter 3 Valuation of hydraulic infrastructure -- Chapter 4 Valuing water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in human settlements -- Chapter 5 Food and agriculture -- Chapter 6 Energy, industry and business -- Chapter 7 Culture and the values of water -- Chapter 8 -- Regional perspectives -- Chapter 9 Enabling multi-value approaches in water governance -- Chapter 10 Financing and funding water services: Challenges and opportunities for valuing water -- Chapter 11 Knowledge, research and capacity development as enabling conditions -- Chapter 12 Conclusions -- References -- Abbreviations and acronyms

187 p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps, tables.

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