Hållbar vattenplanering : en diskussion med utgångspunkt ur fyra bristområden

Abstract: Billions of children, women and men lack access to safe water supplies, whichputs the affected in both social as well as economic despair. This paper willpresent some of the conclusions leading Non Governmental Organisations suchas the UN has presented recently concerning the terms of sustainability. Much ofit is true and important, but nothing can be done without extended cooperationbetween nations worldwide to find arguments that prevent short-term thinkingand economic wealth on the behalf of future sustainability.With a growing population and an increased competition for fresh water, theworld will soon face a severe shortage of good quality water for irrigation. This isbecause the distributions rarely match the demand, neither in Australia nor inAfrica. Important to notice is the major factor that the degradation of theenvironment is not one country’s problem to solve. The problem is among us,grasping our whole society since the globalization and free trade has united theworld. Scarcity of water supplies is a large issue around the world, and a necessityto focus on even in Sweden. It is a future planning problem that we will meetduring our work on the field and an issue needed to be discussed. This essay triesto focus on how the current problems of water scarcity are being discussed indifferent parts of the world and how we plan for a sustainable future around watersupplies. This paper highlights some of the solutions planners and co-workers aredeveloping to make the affected participate in their own future planning. Itcompares three developing countries in north and east Africa, all lacking access toclean water, with a developed country and its’ water and irrigation problem.