Water security in India : hope, despair, and the challenges of human development /
Few people actively engaged in India''s water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and management of water resources. Water resources in India have been subjected to tremendous pressures from increasing population, urbanization, indus...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Few people actively engaged in India''s water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and management of water resources. Water resources in India have been subjected to tremendous pressures from increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, and modern agricultural methods. The inadequate access to clean drinking water, increase in water related disasters such as floods and droughts, vulnerability to climate change and competition for the resource amongst different sectors and the region poses immense pressures for sustainability of. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages .) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1441115110 9781441115119 9781441118226 1441118225 9781501302343 1501302345 |
Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |