Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures? /

A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples.  It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a huma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Johnston, Barbara Rose (Editor ), Hiwasaki, Lisa (Editor ), Klaver, Irene J. (Editor ), Ramos Castillo, Ameyali (Editor ), Strang, Veronica (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Water.
Hydrology.
Sustainability.
Environment.
Biodiversity.
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Environmental Sciences.
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Water and cultural diversity
  • 2. Culture and Water in Diverse Environments
  • 3. Water value, access, use, and control: sociocultural contexts of water scarcity
  • 4. Hydrodevelopment, Cultural Diversity and Sustainability
  • 5. The Ways Forward
  • 6.Water, Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity: United Nations statements, resolutions and treaties.

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