Global Water Resources: Where are the Vulnerable?
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چکیده
Although human society’s success depends on water availability, little has been done to recognize its value within modern socio-political and environmental management systems. The challenge of valuing water as a commodity for production still remains due to theoretical and methodological difficulties as well as theological and philosophical objections. As a way of addressing this issue, this paper presents insight into the importance of water to human well-being through an analysis of how human communities may be vulnerable to shifts in global water availability.
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