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Liquid assets : how demographic changes and water management policies affect freshwater resources /

Most writings linking demographic trends to water availability often look only at population-growth effects, treating water supplies as static and population as increasing, inexorably leading to a water-availability crisis. This report's more holistic view of the interaction between demographic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boberg, Jill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Most writings linking demographic trends to water availability often look only at population-growth effects, treating water supplies as static and population as increasing, inexorably leading to a water-availability crisis. This report's more holistic view of the interaction between demographics and water resources considers more demographic and local water-availability variables. It focuses on conditions in developing countries, where these factors intersect with the fewest socioeconomic resources to mediate.
Notas:"MG-358."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 124 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-124).
ISBN:9780833040909
0833040901