Social Sciences, asked by rottiou, 9 months ago

The essay should be 150-200 words. Importance of Rivers and how to preserve them.

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Answered by AngelicSweetie

Rivers in general embody many different values to different people. For example, rivers symbolize connections, since they touch everyone, and everybody in principle lives downstream. Rivers also symbolize human health, since fresh water from rivers is essential to our communities and ourselves. Another value embodied in a river is that of habitat, highlighting the importance of protecting freshwater ecosystems for fish and wildlife both in the river itself, and along its banks.

The multi-dimensions and roles that rivers play in increasing the liveability of communities along rivers is illustrated in Figure 1. They range from water use for agriculture and industry and household purposes, to transportation, Food, recreation, mineral extraction, as well as being a habitat for animals and plants.

River banks are also used for leisure activities such as walking, jogging and bicycling. Sports events and festivals are frequently organized along river banks. River cruises for tourism purposes are also common. Rivers are major destinations for recreation by communities. Hobbyists fish in rivers, and other recreation activities such as boating, wildlife-watchers, sports and other leisure activities also take place along rivers.

While the advantages and benefits of rivers to communities is clear, what we fail to see sometimes is that throughout a river's course, human activities may have negative impacts on rivers. Of particular significance is water pollution that is caused by household, trade and industrial activities - solid wastes, chemicals, graywater and sewage, etc. - affect the quality of water and impacting its use for drinking and as a habitat for animals and plants.

This document looks at communities living along rivers, and explores the importance of community and local stakeholders in conserving and preserving local rivers. In researching to develop this paper, programmes and projects implemented in a number of river basins and systems were studied. These included Thames River, U.K., Mekong River, South-east Asia, Yodogawa River, Japan and Ganges River, India...