Dams, Rivers and People Reports

Each year we focus on a key issue affecting the world's rivers and the people who depend upon them. We also summarize key dam-related developments in the previous year and predict where the hotspots will be for the coming year.

Before the Deluge

Floods are the most destructive, most frequent and most costly natural disasters on earth. Improving our ability to cope with floods under current and future climates requires adopting a more sophisticated set of techniques, which aims to understand, adapt to and work with the forces of nature. Before the Deluge (2007) gives an in-depth look at the flaws with hard, structural flood-control techniques and describes what we need to do to make our communities safer from floods.

 

Spreading the Water Weath

Spreading the Water Wealth (2006) focuses on water infrastructure and poverty. The report analyzes the different strategies to reduce poverty in the water sector, and presents a proposal for a new global water policy that is pro-poor and environmentally sustainable.