This note provides guidance for cities in developing countries for managing the urban water cycle in a sustainable … manner by using an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) approach. After a brief introduction to the concept of IUWM, this … note profiles the different IUWM approaches applied in three types of cities: a water-scarce, fast-developing city …

urban water security in Morocco. While urban water demand is expected to rise by 60 percent to 100 percent in most large … cities by 2050, climate projections suggest reduced precipitation and a sharp decline in water resources availability …. Morocco is expected to enter a situation of extreme water stress in less than 25 years. The Water Law 36-15 recognizes these …

Addressing water-challenges is central to building climate resilience. In Africa, all major waters are transboundary … Chad, Niger basins - to support the critical role of transboundary cooperation on water resources management to building …

makers with detailed institutional and policy options to support water security in the country. This study fills a critical … gap highlighted in the World Bank 2013 China Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy by proposing legal, technical …, and institutional changes to the current framework for water resource management. A new water governance approach is …

accompanying Synthesis Report. Topics included: (1) overview of water governance in China; (2) evaluation of China's water security … status and issues; (3) advancing water quality markets in China; (4) macro-economic impacts of water scarcity and redlines in … China; (5) re-examining the Three Red Lines Policy; (6) water rights verifications and transactions; (7) best practices in …

by the time it reaches its centenary in 2045. But is this achievable without considering Indonesia's Water Security? This … study reflects on this question in detail, highlights potential challenges and quantifies the impact of water related … toward water security and shows windows of opportunities for sector reform underpinned by the ongoing revisions of the legal …

The World Bank's historical engagement in transboundary water in West Africa is at a turning point, at a time when the … G5 Sahel region faces unprecedented challenges. Therefore, it is time for the World Bank to broaden its water sector … approach in the G5 Sahel and shift its focus to establishing a regional water security framework. The dual objectives of this …

contributed to improve the health and living conditions of millions of people. Despite this progress, there are urgent water …Water security is a matter of increasing concern across the world and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is no … exception. With rapidly growing demands for water and increasing variability due to climate change, ensuring water access to all …

The aim of this note is twofold: (1) summarize emerging challenges and opportunities for the water sector in the Gulf … Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; and (2) suggest ways to respond to these challenges where the World Bank's Water Global … Practice can provide support. Following a description of the GCC's water resources and water service delivery challenges, two …