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Water for Food in a Changing World.
Our thirst for water grows with our population, but the amount of fresh water available on Earth is fixed. If we assume "business as usual" by 2050 about 40% of the projected global population of 9.4 billion is expected to be facing water stress or scarcity. This book€explores water and fo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1 Converging global food and water trade-offs; Part II: Innovations in the agricultural response to the sustainability challenge; 2 Optimizing water productivity in food production; 3 Modern agriculture under stress: Lessons from the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia; 4 Integrated watershed management: Towards sustainable solutions in Africa; 5 Lessons for Spain: A critical assessment of the role of science and society.
- Part III: Counting the drops and the mouths to feed: Food production and trade6 Back to basics on water as constraint for global food production: Opportunities and limitations; 7 Globalization of water resources through virtual water trade; Part IV: Water for the environment; 8 Balancing water for people and nature; 9 Optimizing water for life; Part V: Revitalized water governance; 10 Water science and policy in a changing world: Perceptions from a practitioner; 11 Promises under construction: The evolving paradigm for water governance and the case of Northern Mexico.
- 12 Beyond universal remedies for good water governance: A political and contextual approach13 Water policies in Spain: Balancing water for food and water for nature; Part VI: Conclusions; 14 Can the world feed itself sustainably?; Index.