The Valuing Water Survey: A global survey of the values that shape decision-making about water

The Valuing Water Survey represents the first attempt to study links between personal values and preferences for strategic dimensions of the global water governance agenda. This presumes that there are indeed commonalities that can be found across cultures, sectors, and locally specific scenarios for water management. This is possible through consideration of a relatively broad level of
values which may demonstrate that concerns and patterns of interaction around water are, in fact, rather universal. It is also worth noting that this is the first survey of its kind based on the views of professional respondents, that is, people who are actively involved in decision-making about water as part of their work (while previous surveys were based on the views of citizens).