Water resources assessment

Pedro Martínez-Santos; Claudia Campuzano; Bárbara A. Willaarts; Elisa Blanco; Luis F. Castro; Julio Kuroiwa; Marielena N. Lucen; Markus Pahlow; J.I. Montenegro Gambini; null More Authors

doi:10.4324/9781315883137-16

Water resources assessment

Pedro Martínez-Santos, Claudia Campuzano, Bárbara A. Willaarts, Elisa Blanco, Luis F. Castro, Julio Kuroiwa, Marielena N. Lucen, Markus Pahlow, J.I. Montenegro Gambini, More Authors

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Abstract

The Latin America and Caribbean region is water-abundant. It boasts some of the world’s largest rivers, lakes and aquifers, which yield more water per person than any other region in the planet. However, water is irregularly distributed in time and space due to climatic variability. While heavy rainfall takes place across the year in the Amazon rainforests, it barely ever rains in the Atacama Desert. Besides, the majority of the population is concentrated in cities. This generates strong asymmetries between water demands and water availability. Largely as a result, many freshwater ecosystems are endangered by a wide array of different pressures. Adaptation to climate change, universal access to water and sanitation services, pollution control and an integrated approach to transboundary water resources management are the main challenges ahead.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean
Subtitle of host publication	Social and Environmental Implications for a Globalized Economy
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	27-54
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134682805
ISBN (Print)	9780415713689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315883137-16
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Martínez-Santos, P., Campuzano, C., Willaarts, B. A., Blanco, E., Castro, L. F., Kuroiwa, J., Lucen, M. N., Pahlow, M., Montenegro Gambini, J. I., & More Authors (2014). Water resources assessment. In Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean: Social and Environmental Implications for a Globalized Economy (pp. 27-54). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315883137-16

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