Towards effective water policy in the Asian and Pacific region (vol two)

Water as precious and critical natural resource, is intrinsically connected with human and economic development and environmental protection. Understanding the enormous of The Asian and Pacific Region and the rapidly increasing presures on the resource is fundamental to addresing current water issues. Water and land endowments; economic development paths; and stages in the development of the water and associates land resources all differ significantly. Thus, water sector projects need to be conceived, desgned, and implemented in ways that meet each country may not have the same urgency in another.