EEA report Water resources across Europe — confronting water scarcity and drought

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Description

This report provides an up-to-date assessment of water resources across Europe with the key objectives of: a) describing spatial patterns and trends in water availability and abstraction, identifying those regions subject to the greatest water stress and the detrimental impacts that ensue; b) increasing awareness of the challenges of water scarcity and drought and the need for a fundamental shift to a more demand-led and therefore sustainable approach to water resource management; c) illustrating good practice across all relevant economic sectors with respect to demand-led sustainable water resource management; d) exploring the quality of current information on water availability and water use and thereby identifying gaps in knowledge.

Reference information

Websites:

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/water-resources-across-europe/

Source:

EEA

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2009

Keywords:

agricultural water use, energy, industry, irrigation, water abstraction, water availability, water pricing, water supply

Climate impacts:

Droughts, Water Scarcity

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Agriculture, Energy, Urban, Water management

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

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