Water for People - Water for Life The United Nations World Water Development Report

This illustrated report offers a global overview of the state of the world's freshwater resources, based on the collective inputs of 23 United Nations agencies and convention secretariats.The goal of sustainable development was first set at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 and has been restated or expanded in many forums since then. It describes the water crisis, reviews progress and trends, and assesses progress in challenge areas, including: health, food, environment, etc. and presents seven pilot case studies of river basins representing various social, economic and environmental settings, for example, Lake Titicaca (Bolivia, Peru).United Nations Staff is the author of 'Water for People - Water for Life The United Nations World Water Development Report', published 2003 under ISBN 9789231038815 and ISBN 9231038818.