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Water : Global common and global problems

Author
Grover V.I.
Date
2006
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-080761)
Publisher | Place of publication
Science Publishers | Enfield, NH, USA
ISBN
1-57808-409-1
Pages
533 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Hungary, Brazil, Tanzania, Un. Rep. of, United States of America, Turkey
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Water rights Public participation International relations/cooperation Basin/catchment/watershed Military activities Potable water Transboundary effects Water shortage/drought Waste management Human rights Developing countries Freshwater resources management Climate change Governance Sustainable use Water supply
Abstract

Contents:

Introduction
. General Overview: V.I. Grover
. Water and Food Insecurity in Developing Countries: Major Challenges for the 21st Century: Patrick Webb

Fresh Water — Ground Water, Surface Water
. Freshwater A Scarce Resource: Its Global Utilization and Sustainable Work Practices in Melbourne, Australia: S.U. Hussainy and S. Kumar
. State of Water Quality and its Management in India: R.C. Trivedi
. Status of Freshwater in Sri Lanka: From a Precious Resource to a Commodity Wasted and Mismanaged: S. Wijeyekoon
. Strategic Impact Assessment and Root Causes of Pollution in a Transboundary Drainage Basin in Brazil: M. Marques et al.
. Water regulation through Two Transitions: The Case of Hungary: C.M. Briggs . Liquid Waste Management Practices and the Efficient Reuse Strategies with Reference to Melbourne Australia: S.U. Hussainy and S. Kumar
. Drinking Water Contaminants and Human Health: L. Bhardwaj
. Projections of Climate Change on Precipitation Intensities, and Implications to Urban Infrastructure: E.A. McBean
. Climate Change, Water and Poverty in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania: J. Paavola

Governance, Institutions, Laws and Policies
. Water Governance and Water Economics: V.I. Grover
. Water basin regimes in Europe and institutional conditions for their sustainability: H. Bressers and S. Kuks
. Public participation in Water Management: D. Huitema and M. van de Kerkhof
. Intergovernmental Challenges of Watershed Management: Strategies for Improving Watershed Governance: M.T. Imperial
. Sustainability and Freshwater in the Western United States: S.K. Davis
. Governance in Abundance and Scarcity: The Development of Water Rights in the Great Lakes and Murray-Darling Basins: B. Heinmiller
. GAPs in the Dialogue of Governance: Conflicting Ideologies of Development in Turkey: A. Pool and V.I. Grover
. Integrated Water Resources Management: A Catalyst for Regional Cooperation?: F.F. Daibes
. Water Scarcity and Water Wars in the Middle East?: A. Kubursi

Best Practices Management
. Community Based Watersheds: A Novel Approach to Sustainable Freshwater Management: Ritu Bharadwaj et al.
. Freshwater Management in Industrialized Urban Areas: The Role of Water Conservation: Y.-D. Wang et al.

Human Rights . Introduction to Human Rights Section: V.I. Grover
. Water: A Human Right: N. Rosemann
. Financing the Human Right to Water as Millennium Development Goal: N. Rosemann