Edwards, SE;
Lowe, C;
Stanbrough, L;
Walker, B;
Kent, R;
Oglesby, R;
Morton, K;
(2010)
The Waters of The Third Pole: Sources of Threat, Sources of Survival.
Humanitarian Futures Programme: London.
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Abstract
The purpose of this report is to open up a dialogue on an issue that could put the lives and livelihoods of millions of people at risk in the foreseeable future. This issue is water – water as a vital resource and as a potential crisis driver in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. In seeking to foster that dialogue, the report has three specific objectives: [i] to survey various types of potential water-related hazards and crisis drivers that could affect the region; [ii] to foster new types of alliances – including greater attention to what will be called humanitarian policy-maker/ science dialogues – for addressing the threats that the region may face; and [iii] to propose first steps that must be taken now to lead to prevention and preparedness measures commensurate with the nature and scale of threats facing the region.
| Type: | Report |
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| Title: | The Waters of The Third Pole: Sources of Threat, Sources of Survival |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.humanitarianfutures.org/main/node/419 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Material from this report may be quoted or reproduced free of charge but with the acknowledgement of this report as the source. The Humanitarian Futures Programme would appreciate a copy of any work using material from this report. |
| Keywords: | climate change, water resources, natural hazards |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/401918 |
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