Coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), the 1st edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR1) was the result of the collaboration of twenty-three UN agencies and convention secretariats and laid the foundations for regular, system-wide monitoring and reporting by the UN, together with development of standardized methodologies and data. The 1st edition of this report, Water for People, Water for Life, was launched on World Water Day (22 March 2003) at the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan.The targeted audience : WWDR1 is targeted to all those involved in the formulation and implementation of water-related policies and investment strategies, as well as to professionals at all levels. Although it offers a broad global picture, it focuses particularly on the situation in developing countries, where the need for better infrastructure and governance is highest. With this report, WWAP is aiming to show where systems are failing, and to provide the information needed for efficient and effective capacity-building throughout the world. This 1st edition of the WWDR laid the foundation for subsequent editions, concentrating essentially on evaluating what progress has been made, and not made, since the Rio Summit and on developing effective assessment methodologies. The Report encompasses a broad range of components, focusing on human stewardship of freshwater, that complex aggregation of policies, legislation, social programmes, economic approaches and management strategies through which we seek to achieve water sustainability.
Foreword -- Prologue -- Preface -- Index of figures -- maps -- boxes and tables -- Part 1 Setting the scene -- Chapter 1 The world's water crisis -- Chapter 2 Milestones -- Chapter 3 Signing Progress: Indicators Mark the Way -- Part 2 A Look at the World's Freshwater Resources -- Chapter 4 The Natural Water Cycle Lead agencies: UNESCO and WMO -- Part 3 Challenges to Life and Well-Being -- Chapter 5 Basic Needs and the Right to Health : Lead agency: WHO. Collaborating agency: UNICEF -- Chapter 6 Basic Needs and the Right to Health Lead agency: WHO. Collaborating agency: UNICEF -- Chapter 7 Competing Needs in an Urban Environment Lead agency: UN - HABITAT. Collaborating agencies: WHO and UNDESA -- Chapter 8 Securing Food for a Growing World Population Lead agency: FAO. Collaborating agencies: WHO / UNEP / IAEA -- Chapter 9 Promoting Cleaner Industry for Everyone's Benefit Lead agency: UNIDO. Collaborating agencies: WHO and UNDESA -- Chapter 10 Developing Energy to Meet Development Needs Lead agency: UNIDO. Collaborating agencies: WHO / UNEP / Regional Commissions / World Bank -- Chapter 11 Mitigating Risk and Coping with Uncertainty Lead agency: WMO. Collaborating agencies: UNDESA / UNESCO / WHO / UNEP / ISDR / CCD / CBD / Regional Commissions Chapter 11 Mitigating Risk and Coping with Uncertainty Lead agency: WMO. Collaborating agencies: UNDESA / UNESCO / WHO / UNEP / ISDR / CCD / CBD / Regional Commissions -- Chapter 12 Sharing Water: Defining a Common Interest Lead agency: UNESCO Collaborating agencies: Regional Commissions -- Chapter 13 Recognizing and Valuing the Many Faces of Water Lead agency: UNDESA. Collaborating agencies: UNECE and World Bank -- Chapter 14 Ensuring the Knowledge Base: A Collective Responsibility Lead agencies: UNESCO and WMO. Collaborating agencies: UNDESA / IAEA / World Bank / UNEP / UNU -- Chapter 15 -- Governing Water Wisely for Sustainable Development Lead agency: UNDP. Collaborating agencies: FAO / UNEP / UNCBD / Regional Commissions -- Chapter 16 Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand Office of Natural Water Resources Committee of Thailand (ONWRC) -- Chapter 17 Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand Office of Natural Water Resources Committee of Thailand (ONWRC) -- Chapter 18 Ruhuna Basins, Sri Lanka Ministry of Irrigation and Water Management of Sri Lanka -- Chapter 19 Seine-Normandy Basin, France Water Agency of Seine-Normandy (AESN, Agence de l'Eau Seine-Normandie) -- Chapter 20 Senegal River Basin, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS, Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve du Sénégal) -- Chapter 21 Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia and Peru Binational Autonomous Authority of Lake Titicaca (ALT, Autoridad Binacional del Lago Titicaca Perú-Bolivia Chapter 22 Greater Tokyo, Japan National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan (NILIM-MLIT) -- Part 4 Management Challenges: Stewardship and Governance -- Chapter 23 The World's Water Crisis: Fitting the Pieces Together.

576 p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps, tables.

Annexes: 1. Acronyms -- 2. List of other UN assessments -- 3. Index -- 4. Credits

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