Water consumption - top countries

Water consumption - top countries (map/graphic/illustration)

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Water consumption - top countries. Freshwater use is partly based on several socio-economic development factors, including population, physiography, and climatic characteristics. This graphic illustrates the world's top 20 water consumers per capita, in cubic metres, which signify which countries are more effective in using the water.
Sources World Resources 2000-2001, People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life, World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington DC, 2000; Paul Harrison, Fred Pearce, AAAS Atlas of Population 2001, American Association for the Advancement of Science, University of California Press, Berkeley.
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Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Appears in Vital Water Graphics
Published 2002
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