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AWRF - Global Indicators: the water wealth index
Bronwyn Powell, IWC
- Client:
- AusAID
Water is a fundamental environmental, economic and social need. The water wealth index provides a scientifically-based, defendable process of aid prioritisation as decision support for allocation of water-related aid.
Project Category: Applied Research
Key Areas of Work: Environmental quality,Water quality
Project Date: Apr 08, 2007
The IWC and partners Griffith University and The University of Western Australia used existing databases to develop indicators which include environmental outcomes, human health and economic benefits.
The index has five major components - agricultural productivity, institutional capacity, food security, environment and human health - each containing quantitative data on issues such as infant mortality, safe drinking water, threatened species, nutrient enrichment etc.
After “weighting” of the components, a single value can be used to compare countries and indicate activities required.
Research partners
Read more about the Australian Water Research Facility (AWRF)
Project Location: Global project
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