ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

Global strategies

Improving waterways

Improving waterways

Developing watercourses
Creating inland waterways

Broader

Coordinating international river basin development

Effecting territorial development

Narrower

Reducing river pollution

Improving inland waterway transport facilities

Restricting passage through straits and interoceanic canals

Opening interoceanic canals

Increasing safe navigation on waterways

Erecting adequate stream crossings

Dredging waterways

Diverting rivers

Assuring safe efficient bridges

Constrained by

Protecting lakes and rivers

Opposing development of rivers

Obstructing watercourses

Facilitated by

Managing degraded river basins

Educating in flood and river control

Related

Developing land

Problem

Water flow obstructions in watercourses

UIA organization

Inland Waterways International

European agreement on important international combined transport lines and related installations

European agreement on main inland waterways of international importance

Web link

British Waterways

Improving Water, Waterways & Water Infrastructure

Improving Our Waterways Victorian Waterway Management Strategy

Cleaner Waterways Program

USGS Partners with Four Cities to Improve Urban Waterways

China to Improve Inland Waterway Transport with World Bank Support

17 Effective Ways to Improve Waterway Health

Unlocking the transformative power of waterways

Inland Waterways

WRI: Tools to Improve Water Quality

Water Encyclopedia

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below Water

Metadata

Database

Global strategies

Type

(G) Very specific strategies

Subject

Hydrology » Rivers and lakes
Transportation, telecommunications » Waterways
Development » Development
Development » Reform

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

1A4N

Q1416

DOCID

12714160

D7NID

205548

Editing link

Official link

https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/improving-waterways

Last update

Jan 18, 2023