Keywords
Stake, pure water, water cycle, climate changes, water table, renewable resources, water tanks, water stress, water sheds, water withdrawal, consumption, water shortage, geopolitical, hotbeds of conflict
How to Cite
KANDALAFT, J.-P. (2017). Access to fresh water in the world: its main issues. Proche-Orient Études En Management, 29, 159-185. Retrieved from https://journals.usj.edu.lb/poem/article/view/474
Abstract
For Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) between 1999 and 2009, “the scarcity of freshwater is the greatest danger looming for the planet”.
Freshwater is a vital resource, a factor of economic and social development, but also an object of conflicts between nations. Therefore, we need to explore the socio-economic and geopolitical implications of access to such resource that is becoming an increasingly scarce economic asset, for a global population in perpetual growth and an also growing individual demand.