
Rethinking Water Management
Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues
Earthscan Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-85383-994-8 (ISBN)
Description
If water resources are to be distributed efficiently, equitably and cost-effectively in this rapidly changing world, then it is clear that current water management practices are no longer feasible. Innovative approaches are required to meet the increasing water demands of a growing world population and economy and the needs of the ecosystems supporting them.
New approaches have to be employed at global, national and local levels. In Rethinking Water Management, a new generation of water experts from around the world examine the critical challenges confronting the water profession, including rainwater and groundwater management, recycling and reuse, water rights, transboundary access to water and financing of water. They offer important new perspectives on the use, management and conservation of fresh water, in terms of both quantity and quality, for the domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors, and show how a new set of paradigms can be applied to successfully manage water for the future.
Caroline Figu?res is Head of the Urban Infrastructure Department at UNESCO-IHE Water Education Institute in The Netherlands. Cecilia Tortajada is Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico and Vice President-elect of the International Water Resources Association. Johan Rockstroem is Water Resources Expert at UNESCO-IHE.
New approaches have to be employed at global, national and local levels. In Rethinking Water Management, a new generation of water experts from around the world examine the critical challenges confronting the water profession, including rainwater and groundwater management, recycling and reuse, water rights, transboundary access to water and financing of water. They offer important new perspectives on the use, management and conservation of fresh water, in terms of both quantity and quality, for the domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors, and show how a new set of paradigms can be applied to successfully manage water for the future.
Caroline Figu?res is Head of the Urban Infrastructure Department at UNESCO-IHE Water Education Institute in The Netherlands. Cecilia Tortajada is Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico and Vice President-elect of the International Water Resources Association. Johan Rockstroem is Water Resources Expert at UNESCO-IHE.
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''Presents case studies and discusses relevant issues of environmental, economic and social reforms in developing and developed nations.'SciTech Book News
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85383-994-8 (9781853839948)
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Caroline Figueres | Johan Rockstrom | Cecilia Tortajada
Rethinking Water Management
Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€41.99
Available for download

Caroline Figueres | Johan Rockstrom | Cecilia Tortajada
Rethinking Water Management
Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€41.99
Available for download

Caroline Figueres | Johan Rockstrom | Cecilia Tortajada
Rethinking Water Management
Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues
Book
08/2003
1st Edition
Earthscan Ltd
€68.27
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Persons
Figueres, Caroline; Rockstrom, Johan; Tortajada, Cecilia
Content
Introduction - New Development Paradigms for the Water Sector - Global and Local Agendas - Economic Globalization, Water and Equity - Managing Rain for the Future - Recycling and Reuse - Rethinking Groundwater Management - Water Rights and their Management - The Future of Transboundary Water Management - Development Potential in a Basin-wide Approach - Pumping Money in the Water Sector - The Way Forward - Bibliography, Index