Water : global common and global problems / editor, Velma I. Grover.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grover, Velma I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watershed management.

Water resources development.

Water-supply.

Water rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (556 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water is one of the most essential element for the survival of living beings. With the increase in demand and decreasing quality and quantity, water has become one of the major issues and problems in the world today. It is unevenly distributed geographically and temporally, resulting in surpluses for some people and a threat for others. This book covers topics on scientific aspects, governance, and best management practices. The book shows that good governance, policies for effective conservation and public participation are important for water use. There are a lot of examples of best manageme

Contents:

Front Cover; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. General Overview; Chapter 2. Water and Food Insecurity in Developing Countries: Major Challenges for the 21st Century; Section 1. Freshwater-Groundwater, Surface Water; Chapter 3. Freshwater-A Scarce Resource: Its Global Utilization and Sustainable Work Practices in Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 4. State of Water Quality and its Management in India; Chapter 5. Status of Freshwater in Sri Lanka: From a Precious Resource to a Commodity Wasted and Mismanaged

Chapter 6. Strategic Impact Assessment and Root Causes of Pollution in a Transboundary Drainage Basin in BrazilChapter 7. Water Regulation through Two Transitions: The Case of Hungary; Chapter 8. Liquid Waste Management Practices and the Efficient Reuse Strategies with Reference to Melbourne, Australia; Chapter 9. Drinking Water Contaminants and Human Health; Chapter 10. Projections of Climate Change on Precipitation Intensities, and Implications to Urban Infrastructure; Chapter 11. Climate Change, Water and Poverty in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Section 2. Governance, Institutions,Laws and PoliciesChapter 12. Water Governance and Water Economics; Chapter 13. Water Basin Regimes in Europe and Institutional Conditions for their Sustainability; Chapter 14. Public Participation in Water Management; Chapter 15. Intergovernmental Challenges of Watershed Management: Strategies for Improving Watershed Governance; Chapter 16. Sustainability and Freshwater in the Western United States; Chapter 17. Governance in Abundance and Scarcity: The Development of Water Rights in the Great Lakes and Murray-Darling Basins

Chapter 18. GAPs in the Dialogue of Governance: Conflicting Ideologies of Development in TurkeyChapter 19. Integrated Water Resources Management: A Catalyst for Regional Cooperation?; Chapter 20. Water Scarcity and Water Wars in the Middle East?; Section 3. Best Practices Management; Chapter 21. Community-based Watersheds:A Novel Approach to Sustainable Freshwater Management; Chapter 22. Freshwater Management in Industrialized Urban Areas:The Role of Water Conservation; Section 4. Human Rights; Chapter 23. Introduction to Human Rights Section; Chapter 24. Water: A Human Right

Chapter 25. Financing the Human Right to Water as a Millennium Development GoalIndex; Color Plate Section; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-429-06378-4

1-281-73687-2

9786611736873

1-4398-4286-8

1-57808-547-0

9780429063787

OCLC:

310450482