Water : Global common and global problems Auteur Grover V.I. Date 2006 Source IUCN (ID: MON-080761) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Science Publishers | Enfield, NH, USA ISBN 1-57808-409-1 Pages 533 p. Type du document Monographie/livre Langue Anglais Champ d'application International Pays/Territoire Australie, Inde, Sri Lanka, Hongrie, Brésil, Tanzanie, Rép.-Unie de, États-Unis d'Amérique, Turquie Sujet Eau Mot clé Eaux superficielles Utilisation durable Participation du public Bassin/captage/bassin versant Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Pollution des eaux douces/qualité des eaux douces Effet transfrontière Gestion des resources en eau douce Relations internationales/coopération Droits de l'homme Approvisionnement en eau Gouvernance Insuffisance d'eau/sécheresse Eau potable Gestion des déchets Pays en voie de développement Activités militaires Changement de climat Résumé 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