الأمن المائي و أثره الاقتصادي علي الاحتياجات السكانية من المياه العذبة في باكستان

Abstract EN

Water security occupies an increasingly prominent position in the international community for water and development in recent years, and water security is a growing concern and an urgent need for sustainable development, especially in Asia, due to the increasing floods and droughts, and the increase in pollutants in the water of rivers and lakes, and has drawn public attention in the region to water issues As a result of the high levels of political dialogue about the impacts of climate change, the growing population needs more water for drinking, hygiene and food production, and the expanding economies require increased energy supplies, which in turn depend on obtaining more water, and the agricultural and industrial growth in the region requires large supplies of Fresh water, all of this leads to the search for the provision of safe water services.

Water security is an issue of growing importance that poses one of the biggest challenges to Pakistan's development, and with its population expected to reach 263 million in 2050, Pakistan needs to think seriously about how to provide adequate water for agriculture, industry and human consumption in the face of rapidly dwindling reserves.

There are four factors that affect the increase in demand for the population's freshwater needs:
- Urbanization, including emerging new cities and migration to existing cities.

- The current state of water supply and the speed of social and economic development.

- Official commitments from federal and county governments to provide access to domestic water and sanitation to 100% of the population.

- Climate induced factors that influence consumption factors.