Land planning and water management

SOER 2010 Key fact (Deprecated) Published 24 Aug 2012

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Topics: Water and marine environment Land use

Water basin management should be more closely integrated with spatial planning. Costs can fall on those who do not benefit – for example, water pollution from agriculture in one territory that flows downstream to others. Also, benefits may go to those outside the territory who have not paid for them. An example of this is forests in one territory that regulate floodwaters in a different territory downstream.

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