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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