19
Conclusion
Bindhy Wasini Pandey and Subhash Anand
Water is one of the basic resources for mankind
and essential to all forms of life. It is a vital substance which plays a crucial role in the existence of
life on the earth surface. It forms the living mass,
together with the soil and air, and represents the
living environment. Water is the most important
component of the biosphere. It is abundantly found
on the earth which links the three components of
the geosystem by means of an endless circulatory
movement called the hydrological cycle.
Water is not only vital for sustenance of life but
also essential for socio-economic development.
The ecological balance maintained by the quality
of water available to a large extent determines the
way of life of the people. Existence of man has
always been associated with water; it is well
known that the earlier Paleolithic implements of
human existence have been traced in the river
graved. This situation clarifies the essential needs
of water even for the most primitive man. In
ancient times towns and villages were invariably
situated near water bodies, preferably at the banks
of streams from which they conveniently get
water. But in a time span since population
increased and extended inside the country, there
was lack of natural supplies, and artificial methods
of securing the requisite supply became necessary.
Of the three essential requirements of human
life, air, water and food, water plays the most
important role to maintain the tissues of the body
for healthy functioning. Without supply of potable
water, all the function suffers as the body degenerates and also air cannot clean the blood sufficiently and food is imperfectly assimilated. The
continuous working of human body is a function
of constant rotation of release and replacement of
water. At any stage, disturbance in the cycle will
result in damage of various tissues. However, if
the supply is impure it endangers the lives of
consumers and may also create water-borne diseases. Food, clothing and shelter are called the
basic minimum needs of human beings, but this
directly depends on population growth and
development of land, water and energy resources.
In a developing country, it requires optimum
development and utilization of water resources.
Demand and supply have become a matter of
great concern today for the societal wellbeing. But
to save ecological crisis due to imbalance of above
resources, a serious thought has already begun.
Out of vital resources, water is life and safe
water means a better life. In the recent year
increasing emphasis has been justifiably laid on
the key issues of the water supply problems.
While the provision of adequate water supply
remains the key to general development in many
countries, both old and new, it is now recognized
that the development of water resources may be
planned in relation to national requirements and
strategy in which the proper use of land and other
important factors are fully taken into account.
Furthermore, a spatial study of water in relation
to man is essentially to be conceived as a geographical problem, which involve the roll of such
B. W. Pandey (&) Á S. Anand (&)
Department of Geography, Delhi School of
Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
e-mail: bwpdsegeo@gmail.com
S. Anand
e-mail: sanandpv@yahoo.co.in
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
B. W. Pandey and S. Anand (eds.), Water Science and Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57488-8_19
251
Conclusion
Bindhy Wasini Pandey and Subhash Anand
Water is one of the basic resources for mankind
and essential to all forms of life. It is a vital substance which plays a crucial role in the existence of
life on the earth surface. It forms the living mass,
together with the soil and air, and represents the
living environment. Water is the most important
component of the biosphere. It is abundantly found
on the earth which links the three components of
the geosystem by means of an endless circulatory
movement called the hydrological cycle.
Water is not only vital for sustenance of life but
also essential for socio-economic development.
The ecological balance maintained by the quality
of water available to a large extent determines the
way of life of the people. Existence of man has
always been associated with water; it is well
known that the earlier Paleolithic implements of
human existence have been traced in the river
graved. This situation clarifies the essential needs
of water even for the most primitive man. In
ancient times towns and villages were invariably
situated near water bodies, preferably at the banks
of streams from which they conveniently get
water. But in a time span since population
increased and extended inside the country, there
was lack of natural supplies, and artificial methods
of securing the requisite supply became necessary.
Of the three essential requirements of human
life, air, water and food, water plays the most
important role to maintain the tissues of the body
for healthy functioning. Without supply of potable
water, all the function suffers as the body degenerates and also air cannot clean the blood sufficiently and food is imperfectly assimilated. The
continuous working of human body is a function
of constant rotation of release and replacement of
water. At any stage, disturbance in the cycle will
result in damage of various tissues. However, if
the supply is impure it endangers the lives of
consumers and may also create water-borne diseases. Food, clothing and shelter are called the
basic minimum needs of human beings, but this
directly depends on population growth and
development of land, water and energy resources.
In a developing country, it requires optimum
development and utilization of water resources.
Demand and supply have become a matter of
great concern today for the societal wellbeing. But
to save ecological crisis due to imbalance of above
resources, a serious thought has already begun.
Out of vital resources, water is life and safe
water means a better life. In the recent year
increasing emphasis has been justifiably laid on
the key issues of the water supply problems.
While the provision of adequate water supply
remains the key to general development in many
countries, both old and new, it is now recognized
that the development of water resources may be
planned in relation to national requirements and
strategy in which the proper use of land and other
important factors are fully taken into account.
Furthermore, a spatial study of water in relation
to man is essentially to be conceived as a geographical problem, which involve the roll of such
B. W. Pandey (&) Á S. Anand (&)
Department of Geography, Delhi School of
Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
e-mail: bwpdsegeo@gmail.com
S. Anand
e-mail: sanandpv@yahoo.co.in
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
B. W. Pandey and S. Anand (eds.), Water Science and Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57488-8_19
251