Description:

The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.This world day for water was to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development contained in chapter 18 (Fresh Water Resources) of Agenda 21.

Organizations

• Water Science and Policy Center, UCR
• FAO Water Development and Management Unit (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• UNDP Water Governance (United Nations Environment Programme)
• UNEP Freshwater (United Nations Environment Programme)
• World Bank Water

Links

• EarthTrends Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems
• EarthTrends Watersheds of the World
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
• Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water
• UNEP-GRID Water Graphics
• UNESCO Water
• USGS Water Resources of the United States
• Water Education Foundation
• Water Librarians' Home Page
• World Health Organization Water Santiation and Health (WSH)
• The World's Water

Bibliography:

With book Jackets

	Blue gold : the fight to stop the corporate theft of the world's water Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke. New York : New Press : distributed by W.W. Norton, c2002. Rivera   HD1691 .B37 2002
	Bridges over water : understanding transboundary water conflict, negotiation and cooperation Ariel Dinar ... [et al.] New Jersey : World Scientific, c2007 (on loan)
	Climate and water : transboundary challenges in the Americas Edited by Henry F. Diaz and Barbara J Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Science TD221 .C58 2003
	Economics of water resources : the contributions of Dan Yaron Collected by Ariel Dinar and David Zilberman. Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002. Rivera   HD1691 .Y37 2002
	Every drop for sale : our desperate battle over water in a world about to run out Jeffrey Rothfeder. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2001. Rivera   HD1691 .R67 2001
	Governing water : contentious transnational politics and global institution building Ken Conca. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. Science   TD345 .C6563 2006
	Hydropolitics in the Third World : conflict and cooperation in international river basins Elhance, Arun P. Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999. Rivera   HD1691 .E43 1999
	Introduction to the economics of water resources : an international perspective Stephen Merrett. Lanham [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield, c1997. Edition 1st American ed. Rivera   HD1691 .M475 1997
	Our waters : joining hands across borders : first assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters New York : United Nations, 2007. GovPub UN ECE/MP.WAT/25
	Reflections on water : new approaches to transboundary conflicts and cooperation Edited by Joachim Blatter and Helen Ingram. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001. Science   TD345 .R44 2001
	Social aspects of sustainable dryland management Edited by Daniel Stiles. Chichester ; New York : Published on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEF) by J. Wiley & Sons, 1995. Rivera   HD1580 .S65 1995
	Strategies for monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters / Economic Commission for Europe New York ; Geneva : United Nations, 2006. GovPub UN ECE/MP.WAT/20
	Thirst : fighting the corporate theft of our water Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufmann ; with Michael Fox. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007. Edition 1st ed. Rivera   HD1691 .S625 2007
	Thirsty planet : strategies for sustainable water management Constance Elizabeth Hunt. London ; New York : Zed Books, 2004. Science   TD345 .H93 2004
	Transboundary freshwater dispute resolution : theory, practice, and annotated reference Heather L. Beach ... [et al.]. Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2000. GovPub UN   UNUP-1038
	Transboundary policy challenges in the Pacific border regions of North America / edited by James Lou Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2008. Science GE190.N7 T73 2008
	Water, place, and equity / edited by John M. Whiteley, Helen Ingram, and Richard Perry. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. Rivera HD1691 .W325 2008
	Water policy for sustainable development David Lewis Feldman. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Rivera   HD1694.A5 F458 2007

Without book Jackets

• Blue Covenant : The Global Water Crisis And The Coming Battle For The Right To Water
  Barlow, Maude.
  New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2008.
  Rivera   HD1691 .B366 2008
• Comprehensive transboundary international water quality management agreement / Environmental and Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers. 
  Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2001.
  Science TD345 .C65 2001
• Conflict management of water resources
  Edited by Manas Chatterji, Saul Arlosoroff, Gauri Guha.
  Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2002.
  Science   TD345 .C66 2002
• Divided waters : bridging the U.S.-Mexico border
  Helen Ingram, Nancy K. Laney, and David M. Gillilan.
  Tucson, AZ : University of Arizona Press, 1995.
  Rivera   HD1694 .A3 1995
• Fluid bonds : views on gender and water
  Edited by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt.
  Kolkata : Stree, c2006.
  Rivera   HD1691 .F68 2006
• Hydropolitics : conflicts over water as a development constraint
  Edited by Leif Ohlsson.
  Dhaka : University Press ; London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1995.
  Rivera HD1691 .H94 1995
• The multi-governance of water : four case studies / edited by Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, an
  Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
  Science HD1691 .M85 2006
• Seguridad, agua y desarrollo : el futuro de la frontera México-Estados Unidos
  Alfonso Andrés Cortez Lara, Scott Whiteford, Manuel Chávez Márquez, coordinadores.
  Tijuana, B.C., México : Colegio de la Frontera Norte, 2005.
  Edition 1. ed.
  Rivera   HD1694.A3 S44 2005

This exhibit was created on 3/19/2009 and  designed by Margaret Hogarth.

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