Lecture water Flashcards
What causes inequalities for women and girls in some countries regarding education?
Lack of water facilities during their period.
Why is water considered a key security matter?
Because many disasters such as typhoons, droughts, wildfires, and floodings are related to water.
What are the two main components of the hydrological cycle?
Blue water (visible water) and green water (water in the ground, moisture, plants, and transpiration).
How has human intervention affected the hydrological cycle?
It has severely damaged it, leading to less fresh water in aquifers, rivers, and lakes, and increased pollution and salinity.
Why is it important to recognize water as a global common good?
Because water is not local but global and affects communities, economies, and environments across continents.
What is meant by “soft spaces”?
Areas where deliberate attempts are made to introduce new and innovative ways of thinking, especially where there is resistance to cross-sectoral and inter-territorial governance.
What factors are important in creating an enabling environment for addressing water issues?
Collaboration, consistency, capacity building, commitment, and cross-cutting focus, which require investing in people.
Why is it harder to invest in people and knowledge than in infrastructure?
Because transformation and system change, which are necessary for investing in people, often face resistance from the status quo
