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Water : Global common and global problems

Autor
Grover V.I.
Fecha
2006
Fuente
IUCN (ID: MON-080761)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
Science Publishers | Enfield, NH, USA
ISBN
1-57808-409-1
Páginas
533 p.
Tipo de documento
Monografía/libro
Idioma
Inglés
Campo de aplicación
Internacional
País/Territorio
Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Hungría, Brasil, Tanzanía, Rep. Unida de, Estados Unidos de América, Turquía
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Gestión de desechos Cambio climático Uso sostenible Efectos transfronterizos Abastecimiento de agua Actividades militares Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Calidad de las aguas dulces/contaminación de las aguas dulces Agua potable Gobernanza Derechos humanos Escasez de agua/sequía Aguas superficiales Derechos de agua Manejo de recursos hídricos Relaciones internacionales/cooperación Países en desarrollo Participación pública
Resumen

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