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Thirsty planet : strategies for sustainable water management /
The author argues that it is essential to manage water in different ways from those relied on in the last century. We must instead maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. Her book looks at the complexity of how to do this. And it provides a wide array of ideas, information, case...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Zed Books,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The author argues that it is essential to manage water in different ways from those relied on in the last century. We must instead maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. Her book looks at the complexity of how to do this. And it provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world - that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. After discussing how the water cycle works and the inadequacies of current approaches to overcoming the growing gap bet. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 302 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848130869 1848130864 9781848137905 1848137907 |