CONTENTS

         Chapters
  1. The Coming Water Crisis
  2. Water Availability and Use
  3. Facing Water Shortages
  4. Consequences of Overuse and Pollution
  5. The Health Dimension
  6. Water Conservation and Management
  7. Toward a Blue Revolution

HIGHLIGHTS


Population Reports is published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, USA


Volume XXVI, Number 1
September, 1998
 Facing Water Shortages

Years of rapid population growth and increasing water consumption for agriculture, industry, and municipalities have strained the world's freshwater resources. In some areas the demand for water already exceeds nature's supply, and a growing number of countries are expected to face water shortages in the near future.

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