Water Management and Sustainable Development

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Title

Water Management and Sustainable Development

Author

HALİLOĞLU, H. İbrahim
BAYIR, Abdulkadir
SİRKECİOĞLU, A. Necdet
BAYIR, Mehtap
ARAS, N. Mevlüt

Abstract

Water is the basis of life on earth; it is the main component of the environment and an essential element for human life. Water is also fundamental for sustaining a high quality of life and for economic and social development. Human health greatly has been affected by water. But water resources has been threaten by pollution, miss using, and industrialization. In this paper loads on water resources and water availability depending on factors are analyzed; regions of water scarcity and water resources deficit are discussed. Possible ways of water supply improvement and elimination of water resources deficit in different conditions were argued.

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Date

2010-06

Extent

605

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