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New Water Policy and Practice

New goals must be generated through a holistic approach to access to water. New generations of players/users are required to add
value to the process, enriching it, submitting
specific global counterproposals or underscoring a new innovative and responsive vision. The idea is always to achieve high levels
of social welfare for the population through
sustainable development.

ONU. 2003. “Water for People, Water for
Life.” UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) (co-published with Berghahn
Books, UK).

Pereira, Á. 2011. “Água em Angola: a insustentável fraqueza do sistema institucional.”
Revista Angolana de Sociologia [Online], 8,
posted online on 29 July 2013. http://ras.revues.org/519; DOI: 10.4000/ras.519 (accessed
What We Expect And How To Con- August 2, 2014).

tribute To Problem Solving?

Governo de Angola. 2010. “Constituição da
We will use this platform to publish scientific República.” Angola.
approaches on the study and dissemination
of new policies on water. The new approach Governo de Angola. Lei das Águas (Water
should be seen as a way to galvanize the fu- Act), Lei nº 6/02 de 21 de Junho. Governo de
ture followers of this new Journal whose fun- Angola.
damental objective is to provide a new vision,
a new look at the public policies on water SWECO GRONER. 2005. “Avaliação Rápida
worldwide, renovating the old assumptions dos Recursos Hídricos de Angola.” Final Rethat have brought disappointing results out of port, Luanda: Direcção Nacional de Águas.
the current global context. We encourage all
of you to develop innovative ideas within the
framework of good environmental practices.

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