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World Bank - Environmental
Flows in Water
Resources Policies,
Plans, and Projects
Findings and Recommendations
Abstract
Investments in infrastructure provide opportunities for economic growth and
poverty alleviation. Many developing nations face the major development challenge
of providing the infrastructure to meet the growing demand for water for
domestic consumption, agriculture, energy, and industry and for a buffer
against the vulnerabilities to floods and droughts. Climate change is likely to
heavily affect water supply and demand and worsen extreme events. Adaptation
to climate variability and climate change may require a suite of solutions,
including investments in water resources management policies; plans and institutions;
demand management; and conservation and protection of watersheds,
lakes, wetlands, and aquifers. This adaptation may also require the rehabilitating,
upgrading, and constructing new onstream and offstream abstractions,
small and large dams, and interbasin transfers, as well as the conjunctive use of
surface and ground water.
This report further contributes to international knowledge about environmental
flows and sustainable development. It focuses on the integration of environmental
water allocation into integrated water resources management (IWRM)
and so fills a major gap in knowledge on IWRM. It also contributes to broadening
our understanding of benefit sharing from risky infrastructure development.
This report is an output of an important collaboration between the Bank’s
Environment Department and Energy, Transport, and Water Department to
promote and mainstream sustainable development.
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