Water

Water governance and water resource management strategies to mitigate the risk of floods and drought and improve water conservation and water quality.

Latest Water additions in the Knowledge Base

Documents and publications

3 September 2007

Guidelines for reducing flood losses

These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-maker and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to
be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from flooding. The guidelines are designed to provide an

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

United Nations - Headquarters

Documents and publications

3 September 2007

Water, a shared responsibility: the United Nations world water development report 2

1: Changing Contexts -- 1. Living in a changing world -- 2. The challenges of water governance -- 3. Water and human settlements in an urbanizing world -- Section 2: Changing Natural Systems -- 4. The state of the resource -- 5. Coastal and freshwater

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters

UN-Water

Policies and plans

29 July 2000

Tunisia: Programme d’action national de lutte contre la désertification 2000

The National Action Program to Combat Desertification is an instrument with national scope that aims to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in the semi-arid environments of northern Tunisia.

Tunisia - government