W
Data and Resources
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Wasteland
Land not used or not useable.; A barren or empty area of land.; Waste land is...
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Wastewater treatment
Any of the mechanical, biological or chemical processes used to modify the...
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Wasting
Wasting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from...
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Water column
An imaginary column extending through a water body from its floor to its...
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Water endowment
Notional volume of water (in cubic meters) available to each resident of a...
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Water erosion prediction project model
Amount of soil or rock material eroded from unit area during unit time.
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Water footprint
The water footprint of a person, company or nation is defined as the total...
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Water pricing
It refers to the action of establishing a price for a water service.
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Water quality
The chemical, physical and biological characteristics of water, usually in...
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Water quality trading
An approach to achieve water quality goals more efficiently.
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Water risk
The possibility of an area experiencing any water-related challenge.
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Water scarcity
Occurs when annual water supplies drop below 1 000 m3 per person, or when...
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Water security
A term that broadly refers to the sustainable use and protection of water...
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Water services
They can be defined as the activity of providing users (households,...
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Water stewardship
There is no agreed definition for water stewardship, but it is a term that...
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Water stock
Natural storage of water in the form of lakes, groundwater or glaciers.
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Water stress
Occurs when low water supplies limit food production and economic...
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Water supply
The amount of water which is available or made available for use.
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Water tenure
The relationship, whether legally or customarily defined, between people, as...
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Water values
The benefit(s) of water from its use in specific purposes, locations and times.
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Water-borne disease
Illnesses that are transmitted through contact with or consumption of unsafe...
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Water-lifting device
Water-lifting device are used to lift water to a height that allows users...
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Watershed services
The various components that make up the landscape within a watershed – for...
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Waterworks
Construction, operation and maintenance of dams, dykes, sluices, canals,...
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West Nile Virus (WNV)
A member of the Flavivirus genus that belongs to the Japanese encephalitis...
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Wet market
also called public, informal and traditional market. The term ‘wet market’ is...
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Wetland
Area of marsh, fen, peatland, bog or water, whether natural or artificial,...
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Whole-genome sequencing
A laboratory process that is used to determine nearly all of the...
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Wild meat
more commonly called ‘bushmeat’ (in this report, we prefer to use the term...
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Wilderness area
Category Ib. Protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection. Large...
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Wildlife
Wild animals collectively; the native fauna (and sometimes flora) of a region.
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Wildlife management
The guidance of decision-making processes and the implementation of practices...
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Wildlife population
Represent either wild relatives of domesticated livestock, wild populations...
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Wind erosion
Soil erosion is the displacement of soil material by running water, rainfall,...
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Wing wall
Side walls provided at a culvert or bridge to retain road fill material.
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Women in development
Initiatives and products that focus on women alone rather than on the...
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Women in development (WID) approach
An approach, emerged in the 1970s, which calls for greater attention to women...
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Women's agency
Ability to make autonomous choices and transform those choices into desired...
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Women's empowerment in agriculture index
It measures the roles and extent of women’s engagement in the agriculture...
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Women's empowerment principles
Provide a set of considerations to help the private sector focus on key...
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Woodland
Wooded land, which is not classified as forest, spanning more than 0.5...
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
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| Source | https://wesr-staging.azurewebsites.net/glossary/ajax/ajax.searchbyindex.php?q=W |
| Author | UNEP GEO |
| Maintainer | UNEP GEO |
| Last Updated | January 26, 2023, 06:40 (UTC) |
| Created | September 13, 2022, 18:33 (UTC) |
| GUID | unep-geo-glossary-letter-w |
| Issued | 2022-09-03 10:42:12 |
| Language | en |
| Modified | 2022-11-09 17:41:18 |
| Publisher name | UNEP GEO |
| Theme | Glossary |
| data_type | webpage |
| spatial | Global |