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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Improving waterways

Improving waterways

  • Developing watercourses
  • Creating inland waterways

Broader

Coordinating international river basin development
Excellent
Effecting territorial development
Yet to rate

Narrower

Reducing river pollution
Presentable
Improving inland waterway transport facilities
Presentable
Damming rivers
Unpresentable
Restricting passage through straits and interoceanic canals
Yet to rate
Opening interoceanic canals
Yet to rate
Increasing safe navigation on waterways
Yet to rate
Erecting adequate stream crossings
Yet to rate
Dredging waterways
Yet to rate
Diverting rivers
Yet to rate
Assuring safe efficient bridges
Yet to rate

Constrained by

Protecting lakes and rivers
Presentable
Opposing development of rivers
Yet to rate
Obstructing watercourses
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Managing degraded river basins
Yet to rate
Educating in flood and river control
Yet to rate

Related

Developing land
Yet to rate

Problem

Water flow obstructions in watercourses
Presentable

UIA organization

Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below Water

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(G) Very specific strategies
Subject
  • Hydrology » Rivers and lakes
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Waterways
  • Development » Development
  • Development » Reform
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    Q1416
    DOCID
    12714160
    D7NID
    205548
    Last update
    Jan 18, 2023