1st Edition
Rethinking Water Management Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues
224 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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If water resources are to be distributed efficiently, equitably and cost-effectively in this rapidly changing world, then it is clear that current water management practices are no longer feasible. Innovative approaches are required to meet the increasing water demands of a growing world population and economy and the needs of the ecosystems supporting them.
New approaches have to be employed at... Read more
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
Biography
Figueres, Caroline; Rockstrom, Johan; Tortajada, Cecilia
''Presents case studies and discusses relevant issues of environmental, economic and social reforms in developing and developed nations.' SciTech Book News
