Water Security: Research Challenges and Opportunities

An estimated 80% of the world's population faces a high-level water security or water-related biodiversity risk (1). The issue of water security-defined as an acceptable level of water-related risks to humans and ecosystems, coupled with the availability of water of sufficient quantity and qual...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 337; no. 6097; pp. 914 - 915
Main Author Bakker, Karen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Association for the Advancement of Science 24.08.2012
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
Acceptability
Availability
Drought
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Funding
Human
Interdisciplinary research
Lentic systems
POLICY FORUM
Receiving
Research design
Risk
Risk assessment
Security
Virtual water
Water cycle
Water management
Water resources management
Water security
Water supply
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:An estimated 80% of the world's population faces a high-level water security or water-related biodiversity risk (1). The issue of water security-defined as an acceptable level of water-related risks to humans and ecosystems, coupled with the availability of water of sufficient quantity and quality to support livelihoods, national security, human health, and ecosystem services (2, 3)-is thus receiving considerable attention. To date, however, the majority of academic research on water security is relatively poorly integrated with the needs of policy-makers and practitioners; hence, substantial changes to funding, education, research frameworks, and academic incentive structures are required if researchers are to be enabled to make more substantive contributions to addressing the global water crisis.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1226337