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Water scarcity, the gap between human demand and the availability of water in the required quantity and quality, is a fundamental issue facing the water sector. In the Asian and Pacific Region, the supply of water is limited and unevenly distributed in time and space. Several areas are among the most water short in the world, while others are short in the dry season and vulnerable to devastating floods during the wet season. As populations grow, water shortages will increase, competition for water will intensify, and flood damage will escalate as property values increase and people and economic assets move onto the flood plains. This is only one aspect of the emerging water crisis in the Region - a situation that precipitated an innovative and highly successful regional consultative process as the Asian Development Bank undertakes the task of formulating its own water policy. Contents: Chapter 1: The Country Institutional Context by Guy Alaerts Chapter 2: The Basin Management Context by Peter Millington Chapter 3: The Urbanization Context by Michael Porter Chapter 4: The Economic and Financial Context by Peter Rogers Post Date : 18 Juli 2008 |