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Title Rethinking water management : innovative approaches to contemporary issues / edited by Caroline M. Figuères, Cecilia Tortajada and Johan Rockström.

Publication Info. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : illustrations
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Rethinking development paradigms for the water sector / Cecilia Tortajada -- Global and local agendas in water management : from vision to action / Odeh Al-Jayyousi -- Balancing between the eternal yesterday and the eternal tomorrow : economic globalization, water and equity / Naser Faruqui -- Managing rain for the future / Johan Rockström -- Recycling and reuse of 'derivative water' under conditions of scarcity and competition / Christopher A. Scott -- Rethinking groundwater management / Karin E. Kemper -- Water rights and their management : a comparative country study and its implication for China / Dajun Shen -- The present and future of transboundary water management / Aaron T. Wolf -- Forgetting political boundaries in identifying water development potentials in the basin-wide approach : the Ganges-Bhahmaputra-Meghna issues / Zahir Uddin Ahmad -- Let's pump money in the water sector! / Caroline M. Figuères -- Conclusion : The way forward / Caroline M. Figuères, Johan Rockström and Cecilia Tortajada.
Summary Annotation Renewable blue water flows will very soon be insufficient to meet the growing demands of the industrial, agricultural and domestic sectors. Within a generation, the proportion of the world's population facing acute water stress could be as high as 50 per cent, because of increased pollution, population growth, urbanization, economic growth and, above all, because of poor management practices. The awareness of this crisis is growing and with it the realization that new approaches to water management are desperately needed. This book will provide the resources to create them. In it, many of the most successful and innovative managers today explain what can be achieved and how to improve the conservation of water, its distribution and its quality.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Water resources development.
Water resources development.
Water resources development -- Government policy.
Water resources development -- Government policy.
Water-supply -- Management -- International cooperation.
Water-supply -- Management -- International cooperation.
Water-supply -- Management.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Figuères, Caroline.
Rockström, Johan.
Tortajada, Cecilia.
Other Form: Print version: Rethinking water management. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003 (DLC) 2003006474 (OCoLC)51936991
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