Global Environmental Health Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services: Workshop Summary (2009) / Chapter Skim
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The roundtable illuminates scientific discussions to foster understanding among the public, academia, government, nongovernmental organizations, industry, and policy makers, but it does not make recommendations. A cornerstone of the approach is to air divergent views on sensitive and difficult issues in an atmosphere of respect and neutrality, in order to foster dialogue and strategic solutions.
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It is also literally a fire hazard." The Cuyahoga River fire and other environmental decays of the water systems in the United States led to some of the landmark congressional legislation of the 1970s, such as the Clean Water Act, which helped to clean up the watersheds, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, which ensures that the drinking water is of high quality. These acts ensured that people in the United States will have water for recreation, drinking, and other activities.
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The map uses a conventional measure of water stress, the ratio of total legend boxes enhanced availability. This map is annual water withdrawals divided by the estimated total water based on estimated water withdrawals for 1995, and water availability during the "climate normal" period (1961–1990)
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People need to step outside their traditional way of thinking to understand what happens beyond their sphere of experience to ensure water services and environmental health. One of the objectives of this workshop is to think about the interdependence of environmental health and human health as connected through water.
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MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Better management of water resources will • Lessen pollution and improve water conservation • nsure access to adequate and safe water and improved sanitation ser E vices for poor and poorly-serviced communities in rural and urban areas • Improve the lives of people in slum areas • uild capacity among communities organized around water supply B provision MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development • here water problems serve as a constraint to development (e.g., water scarcity, W salinity, disasters, etc.) , improved water resources management and water sup ply and sanitation services can facilitate partnerships for global development.
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH plan a way forward. A second objective of the workshop is thus to consider how planning, management, and interdisciplinary approaches -- including technology, social behavioral issues, gender, health, environment, economic, and political aspects -- can be integrated to arrive at sustainable solutions.
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