Fresh Water
Fresh Water Bibliozone
The United Nations, together with the African Union and the Africa Development Bank, created a water vision for Africa dated 2025:
An Africa where there is an equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources for poverty alleviation, socio-economic development, regional cooperation, and the environment.

In March, Foresight For Development turns the spotlight on foresight and fresh water in Africa.
Featured in Bibliozone this month is a collection of publications related to African & Global fresh water foresight. The selection of documents is partial and based on accessible material. Therefore, we would like to invite everyone to supplement our library with additional materials.
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From our FFD library:
The topics we focus on in this issue include:
- Equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources…
- …for poverty alleviation, socio-economic development…
- …regional cooperation…
- …and the environment
Equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources…
- Climate Change and Water in Africa: Analysis of Knowledge Gaps and Needs
- Southern African Vision For Water, Life and Environment In the 21st Century
- Future Ecosystem Services in a Southern African River Basin: a Scenario Planning Approach to Uncertainty
- Impact of Climate Change on Water in Southern Africa
- Confronting South Africa’s water challenge
- Water: keeping South Africa's taps flowing - Scenarios for the future
- Modelling scenarios for water resources management in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa
- Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa: Past, Present and Future
- Global Environment Outlook 4
- Dead planet, living planet: Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development
- Three Global Water Scenarios
- WWScenarios: Driving Forces and Five Stylized Scenarios
- World Water Scenarios 2012-2035
- Water Facts and Trends
- Exploring alternative futures of the World Water System. Building a second generation of World Water Scenarios Driving force: Technology
- World Water and Food to 2025: Dealing with Scarcity
- Fresh Water Resources: A Perspective
- World Water Resources and Regional Vulnerability: Impact of Future Changes
- Uncertainty, Risk and Possible Futures of Global Water Systems
- Global estimates of water withdrawals and availability under current and future “business-as-usual” conditions
- Water Security: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
- Rural and Urban Water Issues in Africa
…for poverty alleviation, socio-economic development…
- Water for growth and development in Africa
- Irrigation Projection For 2030-2050
- The Africa Water Vision for 2025: Equitable and Sustainable Use of Water for Socioeconomic Development
- Water for Food, Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
- Trends in water and agricultural development
- Securing 2020 vision for 2030: climate change and ensuring resilience in water and sanitation services
- Water and Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor - Small-Scale Providers: Typology & Profiles
- Scanning the 2020 horizon: An analysis of trends and scenarios in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector
- Managing our Future Water Needs for Agriculture, Industry, Human Health and the Environment
- Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century
- The Bubble Is Close to Bursting: A Forecast of the Main Economic and Geopolitical Water
- Human Development Report 2006 Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis
- Urban growth, climate change, and freshwater availability
- Green Hills, Blue Cities - an Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
- Vision 2050: The new agenda for business
- Serving the Water and Sanitation Sector: Resource centre experiences, developments and future trends
- Water Security: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
- Water Services Development Plan For City of Cape Town
- A Gender perspective on Water resources and Sanitation: Background Paper submitted to the Commission on Sustainable Development

…regional cooperation…
- Water for Growth and Development in Africa: A framework for an effective mosaic of investment
- Regional scenarios for Africa's future: freshwater
- Water Scenarios for the Zambezi River Basin, 2000 – 2050
- An inter regional water resources planning model
…and the environment
- Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Water Resources Management Options for Smallholder Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Reducing West Africa's Vulnerability to Climate Impacts on Water Resources, Wetlands and Desertification
- Water Resource Management and Climate Change in South Africa
- Vision for Water and Nature: A world strategy for conservation and sustainable management of water resources in the 21st century
- Climate Change and Water: An overview from the World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World
- Climate change and global water resources
- Climate Change and Water
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