Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?

Part I: Water Policy and Management  1. Water Governance, Water Security and Water Sustainability P. Rogers  2. Water for Growth and Security W.J. Cosgrove  3. Collective Systems for Water Management: Is the Tragedy of the Commons a Myth? E. Schlager & E. López-Gunn  Part II: The Economic Value of Water  4. The Economic Conception of Water W.M. Hanemann  5. The Value of Water and Theories of Economic Growth M.S. Aguirre  Part III: Irrigation  6. Irrigation Efficiency, a Key Issue: More Crops Per Drop K.D. Frederick  7. Irrigation Efficiency, a Key Issue: More Crops Per Drop, Observations and Comments P. Arrojo  Part IV: Virtual Water  8. Virtual Water – Part of an Invisible Synergy that Ameliorates Water Scarcity J.A. Allan  9. Virtual Water – Part of an Invisible Synergy that Ameliorates Water Scarcity: Commentary J. Ramirez-Vallejo  Part V: Groundwater  10. Significance of the Silent Revolution of Intensive Groundwater Use in World Water Policy M.R. Llamas & P. Martínez-Santos  11. Is Intensive Use of Groundwater a Solution to World’s Water Crisis? A. Mukherji  Part VI: Water and Poverty Alleviation  12. Water and Poverty Alleviation: the Role of Investments and Policy Interventions R. Bhatia & M. Bhatia  13. Do Investments and Policy Interventions Reach the Poorest of the Poor? C.A. Sullivan  Part VII: Water and Nature  14. Water and Nature: The Berth of Life F. García Novo & F. García Bouzas  15. Water and Nature: a Critical Link for Solving the Water Management Crisis G. Bergkamp  Part VIII: New Technologies to Cope with Water Scarcity  16. Water Recycling – A Relevant Solution? T. Asano  17. Urban and Industrial Watersheds and Ecological Sanitation: Two Sustainable Strategies for On-Site Urban Water Management D. del Porto  18. Potential Paper of Desalination J. Uche, A. Valero & L. Serra  19. Potential Role of Desalinization: Comments E. Custodio 

Biography

Peter P. Rogers, of Harvard University in the United States, is a member of the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century. He has served as a consultant on water resources to various government agencies in India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Morocco, and Costa Rica. He has also consulted widely with the UN system, the World Bank, UNIDO, WHO, FAO, UNDESP, ADB, and many domestic US agencies.

M. Ramón Llamas is Emeritus Professor of Hydrogeology at the Complutense University of Madrid. A Fellow of Spain’s Royal Academy of Sciences, Professor Llamas chairs the Academy’s Section of Natural Sciences. He is a former President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (1984-1989), Vice-president of the International Water Resources Association (2001-2003) and Coordinator of the UNESCO Working Group on the Ethics of Freshwater Uses (1998-1999).

Dr. Luis Martínez-Cortina is a researcher at the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME) with research interests in hydrogeological studies and groundwater flow numerical models. He has worked on a number of European Union Research Projects, as well as the Groundwater Project of the Marcelino Botin Foundation. He has served as Coordinator of the Spanish Groundwater Users Association (AEUAS).