Rethinking Water Management: Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues

ISBN-13: 9781853839993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 256 str.

Figueres, Caroline

Opis

By 2020 the World Commission on Water predicts that there will not be enough fresh water to meet all industrial, agricultural and domestic needs because of increasing pollution, population growth and poor management. Water management at the global, regional and local levels is becoming of critical importance.

Spis treści

Introduction - New Development Paradigms for the Water Sector - Global and Local Agendas - Economic Globalization, Water and Equity - Managing Rain for the Future - Recycling and Reuse - Rethinking Groundwater Management - Water Rights and their Management - The Future of Transboundary Water Management - Development Potential in a Basin-wide Approach - Pumping Money in the Water Sector - The Way Forward - Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Figueres, Caroline; Rockstrom, Johan; Tortajada, Cecilia