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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunt, Constance Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2004.
Temas:
Water-supply > Management.
Water use.
Nature conservation.
Hydrologic cycle.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Gestion.
Eau > Utilisation.
Nature > Conservation.
Cycle hydrologique.
Drought & water supply.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Hydrologic cycle
Nature conservation
Water-supply > Management
Water use
Waterhuishouding.
Drinkwatervoorziening.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Riding the water cycle : water cycle dynamics and freshwater ecosystems
  • Spiralling towards a crisis : water use and growing shortages
  • To feed the world : food supply and the water cycle
  • A thirsty planet : water supply and sanitation in a water-short world
  • When it rains, it pours : water management for flood damage reduction
  • Arteries of commerce : inland waterways and the water cycle
  • A warmer world : the interrelationships between global warming and the water cycle
  • When the water cycle breaks down : the potential for restoration
  • Avenues of governance : institutional options for protecting the water cycle.

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