Water finance : public responsibilities and private opportunities /
A detailed look at the water industry and the trends that can lead to investment opportunities Water has quickly grown into a big global business, with annual revenues in the United States alone reaching over 200 billion. In the years ahead, companies as well as governments must find innovative ways...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
©2011.
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Colección: | Wiley finance series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Water for people and the environment
- A model of the water business
- Dams and reservoirs for multiple purposes
- The water-supply utility business
- Stormwater and flood control
- Industrial water and the water-energy nexus
- Water for food production
- Instrcam flows : competing for water in the cammons
- Drivers of change in the water industry
- Government and politics in the water business
- Financing the water industry
- Public health as a water-industry driver
- Law and regulation in the water industry
- Water-industry workforce : crisis and opportunity
- Private-sector operations in the water industry
- Constructing water-industry infrastructures
- Services to support the water industry
- Equipment for the water industry
- Commodity water : transfers, exchanges, and water banks
- Bottled water and point-of-use treatment
- Safe water for all : the ultimate water business
- Water investments, careers, and business opportunities.