Water and Territory in Latin America Trends, Challenges and Opportun
This book focuses in the current situation of water resources, water supply and sanitation, and population movement in Latin America. It identifies new phenomena and challenges that will put more pressure on water resources in the near future and that wil
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Water and Territory in Latin America Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Water and Territory in Latin America
Vladimir Arana
Water and Territory in Latin America Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Vladimir Arana Social and Ecological Solidarity The International Secretariat for Water Montreal, QC, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-30341-3 ISBN 978-3-319-30343-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30343-7
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Introduction
Latin America is currently undergoing dramatic population distribution changes that will negatively and irreversibly affect the region’s water resource availability and sustainability. An important percentage of the population, especially in rural areas, still has no access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Identifying the causes and possibilities for disrupting these dysfunctional systemic situations involving sustainable water and land-use scenarios constitutes the main challenge for the future of the region. This book provides an overview of the complex situation and possibilities for water resource management, mainly freshwater resources, drinking water and sanitation, considering the new population settlement trends and changes that will determine water and land security in Latin America. These trends are analyzed using an ecoregional approach as a permanent criterion, meaning that one country depends on the same water source as another. So a common vision is needed from the outset. Water supply and sanitation are issues that have special importance owing to, on the other hand, the millions of people whose lives, health and productivity are degraded as a result of the lack of these basic services; this represents a major challenge because of the significant res
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