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flimlhalbflttaimtts woftlh Guatemala Drinking water Sanitation Urban 91 72 Rural 41 48 Belize Drinking water Sanitation Urban 94 94 Rural 44 28 Honduras Drinking water Sanitation Urban 89 88 Rural 60 44 Nicaragua Drinking water Sanitation Urban 78 88 Rural 19 44 El Salvador Drinking water Sanitation Urban 76 86 Rural 10 39 Costa Rica Drinking water Sanitation Urban 100 100 Rural 84 93 Panama Drinking water Sanitation Urban 100 100 Rural 66 68 Source: CCAD, 1998: Estado del ambiente y los recursos naturales en Centroamérica, 1998. (WRI; UNEP y UNDP, 1992: World Resources 1992-93 «t Gm<_ CentraLAmerica
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Area: 23,000 km 2 Population: 247.000 inhabitants Growth Rate
Belize Watersshed Boundaries
Demography Belize!s population
Area: 109.000 km 2 Population: 11.000.000 inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 2.6% GNI / per capita: US$1.680 Water resources per capita (1999) : 12.121m- 1 / capita Water withdrawal (%
Guatemala is divided into 10 physiographic provinces: Llanura Costera del Pacifico, Pendiente Volcánica Reciente, Cadena Volcánica, Tierras Altas Cristalinas, Tierras Altas Sedimentarias, Depresión de Izabal y del Montagua, Planicie Baja Inferior de Peten, Cinturón Plegado del Lacandón, Plataforma de Yucatán y Llanura Costera
Natural Phenomena Recurrence Integrated FÍSICA [ : I [3.08-4.4 14.4-6.184 6.184-8.001 8.001-10 Fuente: Proyecto de Asistencia Técnica y Generación de Información, CATIE-ESPREDE) Fuente: Proyecto
Vulnerability Social Vulnerability TOTAL [ 18.636-11.436 11.436-13.584 13.584-15.944 15.944-18.702 18.702-22.86 SOCIAL 1.712-2.048 [2.048-2.512 12.512-2.922 2.922-3.44 3.44
Area: 112.000 km 2 Population: 6.000.000 inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 2.7% GNI
Hurricane Mitch, Honduras Photography: Jaime Valdés mountain terrain interacts with the atmosphere, general circulation causes different rain systems in the Caribbean and Pacific runoffs and the inter mountainous central zone (Pastrana, 1976, quoted
1999. This last indicator is highly influenced by the economic effect provoked
Area: 21.000 km 2 Population: 6.000.000 inhabitants Growth Rate
rainy season is from May to October. 3% of the rain falls
Mapa Hidrogeológico
Area: 130.000 km 2 Population: 5.000.000 inhabitants Growth Rate
Lake
«River, Nicaragua Photography: Rodo Córdoba, IUCN Drinking water and sanitation subsector: The drinking water availability for the rural area is 30% and for the urban area is 70% (data of 1997). The urban population represents
Nicaragua already has an Action Plan for Integral Water Management (PARH), the Government has not implemented.
Area: J 1.000 km 2 Population: 4.000.000 inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 1.8% GNI / per capita: US$3.570 Water resources per capita (1999) : 31.318m 3 / capita Water withdrawal (% of water resource): 5,1% Urban population access to an improved water source (year 2000): Urban population access
Demography Costa Rica' population
Reventazón, Pacuare, Chirripó and Sixaola rivers (this last
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Area: 76.000 km 2 Population: 3.000.000 inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 1.7% GNI
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Canal de Panamá Panama has a total forest coverage of 29.000 km 2, about 3 8.6% of
Canal operation. The Pacific runoff comprises a territory wider than the Caribbean. It is formed by more than
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES ALIDES 1994: Alianza para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Arteaga, O., 1994: Infraestructura Administrativa y de Datos Básicos para la Planificación de Recursos Hídricos en el Istmo Centroamericano. Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), Comité Regional Recursos Hidráulicos (CRRH). Banco Mundial 2001: "The Little Green Data Book", Washington, D.C. Banco Mundial 2001: "The Little Data Book", Washington, D.C. OMM, BID, 1996: Conferencia sobre evaluación y estrategias de gestión de recursos hídricos en América Latina y
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