Water demand is defined as the volume of water requested by users to satisfy their needs. In a simplified way it is often considered equal to water abstraction, although conceptually the two terms do not have the same meaning. (<a href="http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary/W/water_demand">EEA</a>)<br /> <br /> --<br /> Contributors of this section:<br /> <b><a href="mailto:nkhaled@idrc.org.eg">Nesrine Khaled</a></b>, Communication Officer of the Regional Water Demand Initiative (<b><a href="http://www.idrc.ca/wadimena%20%20">WaDImena</a></b>)- <br /> International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, Giza, Egypt.<br /> 2011-08-09T17:54:27Z tag:www.emwis.net,2011-08-09:/topics/wd http://www.emwis.net/misc_/SEMIDE/Site.gif Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-28:/topics/wd/regional-water-demand-initiative-wadimena 2010-10-28T14:14:03Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

<table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.idrc.ca/wadimena%20%20"><img src="../images/wadimena_logo" /></a></td> <td>The Regional Water Demand Initiative for the Middle East and North Africa (WaDImena) promotes water demand management (WDM) approaches and policies in the region.<br /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-31:/topics/wd/working-paper-4-institutions-effective-water 2010-10-31T00:34:07Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-31:/topics/wd/working-paper-3-gender-wdm-mena-region 2010-10-31T02:16:37Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-26:/topics/wd/working-paper-2-wdm-poverty-equity 2010-10-26T12:08:13Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-31:/topics/wd/working-paper-1-wdm-definitions-criteria-notions 2010-10-31T06:28:50Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-31:/topics/wd/plan-bleu 2010-10-31T06:14:38Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

<table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.planbleu.org/themes/eauUk.html"><img src="../images/blue_plan" /></a></td> <td>Plan Bleu has been mandated to carry out the monitoring of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development&nbsp; (MSSD) and more in-depth in 2006 - 2007 priority field "integrated resources management and water demands ".</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <br /> <br />

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-31:/topics/wd/water-demand-management-mediterranean-progress 2010-10-31T11:21:13Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2008-09-02:/topics/wd/regional-water-demand-initiative-wadimena-emwis 2008-09-02T18:05:52Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2009-11-02:/topics/wd/political-economy-water-demand-management-yemen 2009-11-02T14:53:16Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

<p> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui> </object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0pt; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->This report is written by Mark Zeitoun, consultant affiliated to the School of International Development, University of East Anglia. The report synthesises and builds on two political economy studies commissioned in Jordan and Yemen by the Water Demand Management Initiative in MENA-WaDImena&nbsp; project (<a href="http://www.idrc.ca/wadimena">www.idrc.ca/wadimena</a>) funded by IDRC-Canada, CIDA-Canada and IFAD). The views and opinions expressed in the report should in no way be seen as a reflection of the position of WaDImena's funding organizations. As a synthesis report, it may contain errors of omission. The author and the WaDImena project team welcome comments and feedback at the following addresses <a href="mailto:m.zeitoun@uea.ac.uk">m.zeitoun@uea.ac.uk</a> and <a href="mailto:hlaamrani@idrc.org.eg">hlaamrani@idrc.org.eg</a>. </p> <p> --<br /> Water Demand Management Research Series <br /> by the Regional Water Demand Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa </p>

tag:www.emwis.net,2010-10-25:/topics/wd/water-demands-in-the-jucar-rbd 2010-10-25T18:38:56Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

tag:www.emwis.net,2011-08-09:/topics/wd/mts168_eau_saragosse.pdf 2011-08-09T17:54:27Z Jauad El-Kharraz Jauad El-Kharraz

<p>Gestion de la demande en eau, progr&egrave;s et politiques:&nbsp;Actes du 3e atelier r&eacute;gional sur l&rsquo;eau et le d&eacute;veloppement&nbsp;durable en M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e&nbsp;Saragosse, Espagne, 19 - 21 mars 2007</p> <p><strong>@Plan Bleu</strong></p>