Pakistan and Water

New Pressures on Global Security and Human Health

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11032528
AutoresGregory Pappas (0000-0002-0475-5916, Aga Khan University, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume101
Fascículo5
Páginas786-788
Data de publicação2011-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2010.300009
PMID21421956
PMCIDPMC3076420
OpenAlexW2149499150
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas6

The Indus River is the major source of water for the more than 180 million people of Pakistan. A rapidly increasing population over the past 60 years has created new pressures on water that was once a plentiful resource for the health and development of the country. Rising tensions between India and Pakistan, which share the Indus flow, may lead to violent confrontation in an already volatile part of the globe. The recent flooding, which affected more than 20 million people, drew attention to poor management of the rivers of Pakistan. Public health has the scientific knowledge and professional capacity to help develop water management practices that could improve population health in Pakistan

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Flooding (psychology) · Geography · Globe · Indus · Population · Public health · Socioeconomics · Water resource management · Water resources · Water security · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Environmental Science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health and Conflict Studies · Medicine · Psychology