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This paper starts by pointing out the complex role played by water in the human society and the series of water related conflicts that successively will develop. The quantity of water available on a global scale is constant but the quality is gradually decreasing, because of pollution effects. Moreover, the world population is increasing rapidly resulting in a diminishing per capita access to water. On the other side more food is needed. This contributes to a series of conflicts since about eighty per cent of the water resources are used in agricultural food production. Moreover, in an attempt to increase the standard of living, especially in developing countries, industrial production will be increased. Thus more water will be needed and more water will be polluted by industrial processes as well as by agriculture.
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Lindh, G. (1981). Water Resources and Food Supply. In: Bach, W., Pankrath, J., Schneider, S.H. (eds) Food-Climate Interactions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8563-6_11
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