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全球水資源 1：灌溉用水的環保化 Water for the Fields

無論位在地球何處，人類活動～"農業"總是耗費最多的水資源，因此灌溉技術及長期規劃是節約用水的重大契機，節約用水的口號是：用最少的水達到最多的收成。

No matter where on Earth, the one human activity that consumes the greatest volume of water is also the one that wastes the most : agriculture. So, the greatest potential for saving water lies in the use of more efficient irrigation techniques and long-term planning. The motto has to be “More crop per drop”.

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全球水資源 2：大城市用水的問題 Water for the Cities

城市所面臨的供水危機不是一個立即性的威脅，它是一個已經在新興大城市存在很久的真實狀況，供應上百萬的城市居民乾淨的飲用水，以及廢水處理是我們必須要去瞭解以及面對的挑戰。

Many politicians and technocrats seem convinced that colossal problems can only be solved through colossal projects. However, blind faith in concrete as a means of water management can often have devastating effects on natural landscapes and ecological systems. The search is on for new economically, socially and environmentally viable alternatives.

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全球水資源 3：水資源的未來極限 Testing the Limits of Possibility

許多政治人物跟技術專家似乎深信要只有一個龐大的計畫才能解決大的問題，但盲目的相信建水庫是水資源管理的方法，往往會導致自然景色跟生態系統嚴重的破壞。這個研究著眼於尋找一個不管是在經濟、社會、及環境等層面上皆可行的全新替代方案。

Many politicians and technocrats seem convinced that colossal problems can only be solved through colossal projects. However, blind faith in concrete as a means of water management can often have devastating effects on natural landscapes and ecological systems. The search is on for new economically, socially and environmentally viable alternatives.

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全球水資源 4：水資源的利益衝突 Water for Profit

全球性人口增加和汙染擴散造成可用的淡水日趨稀少，當需求過於供應量時，水變成為市場上的一項好交易，一項全球性的經濟貨物，但私人營利卻引發了激烈的爭議，這些水到底歸誰所有？還有水該如何定價呢？

As the world population grows and pollution spreads, fresh water ecomes increasingly rare. The moment demand outpaces supply, water becomes a trade good to be bought and sold on the market – a commodity in the global economy. But privatization remains bitterly controversial. Who owns the rights to water? And how can a price be set on water?

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全球水資源 5：跨國界的水權衝突 Waters of Discord

世界上有百分之四十的人口自跨國界河流取得飲用水，有些國家的用水甚至完全倚賴流自其他國家的河水，因此水的掌控權就可能成為有效的政治籌碼，分析家甚至預言未來將爆發爭奪水權的戰爭。

About 40% of the world’s population gets its drinking water from rivers that cross national boundaries. Some nations depend entirely on river water that flows in from other countries. So the control of water supplies has the potential to be used as an effective political weapon. Some nalysts go so far as to predict that wars will be fought over water rights.

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