strategy
Encouraging rational water use
Synonyms:
Increasing programmes for rational water useImproving use of water resources
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends programmes for rational water use and ensured operation and maintenance, including through public awareness-raising, educational programmes and levying of water tariffs and other economic instruments.
Facilitates:
Providing sanitary water supply Facilitated by:
Legislating water use Organizations:
International Fund for Agricultural Development Subjects:
Hydrology → WaterResources → Resources
Development → Reform
Innovative change → Logic
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
