World Chronicle 875: Water, the Coming World Conflict?
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English
18-Oct-2002
00:28:03
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“Water: The Coming World Conflict?”
In the last hundred years, global demand for water has increased at more than twice the rate of the world’s population. Experts speak of a looming water crisis. With 261 of the world’s river basins shared by two or more nations, some people go as far as to say that this century’s conflicts will be fought over access to water.
How can crisis be averted? What is needed now for good water management? Has water commonly been a source of conflict in the course of human history? And how is water distribution related to improving the status of women in the great deserts of Africa? In this edition of World Chronicle, these questions are explored with the help of András Szöllösi-Nagy, UNESCO’s Deputy Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, and Coordinator of Environmental Programmes.
In the last hundred years, global demand for water has increased at more than twice the rate of the world’s population. Experts speak of a looming water crisis. With 261 of the world’s river basins shared by two or more nations, some people go as far as to say that this century’s conflicts will be fought over access to water.
How can crisis be averted? What is needed now for good water management? Has water commonly been a source of conflict in the course of human history? And how is water distribution related to improving the status of women in the great deserts of Africa? In this edition of World Chronicle, these questions are explored with the help of András Szöllösi-Nagy, UNESCO’s Deputy Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, and Coordinator of Environmental Programmes.
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Personal Subjects
Corporate Subjects
Creator
Livingston Hinckley, Director.
Contributors
Michele Zaccheo, Executive Producer;
Judy Lessing, Moderator;
Carl Schurtz, Music;
Andrew Wright, Graphics Design;
Richard Lipton, Technical Director;
Aubrey Smith, Lights;
Mike Messina, Jim Fasino, James DeStefan, Camera;
Charles M. Rini, Brian Osborn, Cheryl Taylor, Videotape;
Dave Ganz, Video;
Gary Roth, Audio;
Damien Corrigan, Electronic Graphics;
Saliha Bouima, Production Assistant;
Guillermo Ortiz, Floor Manager;
Angela Zubrzycki, Assistant Producer.
Physical Format
DVCPRO
Colour
Color
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Parent ID
824912
Asset ID
2111945
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