Managing water resources past and present / edited by Julie Trottier and Paul Slack.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trottier, Julie.

Slack, Paul.

Series:

Linacre lecture ; 2002.

The Linacre lectures ; 2002

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Management.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A multi-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of water politics and policy by an international team of distinguished experts. Water management in the Middle Ages in Europe, its evolution in the USA, the elaboration of the European Water Framework Directive, the British experience of water management, the over-exploitation of African aquifers, and the evolution of the water situation in Southern Africa are all examined. - ;A multi-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of water politics and policy by an international team of distinguished experts. Water management in the Middle Ages in Europe,

Contents:

Silent springs : groundwater resources under threat / W.M. Edmunds

Water in Mediterranean history / Peregrine Horden

The development of American water resources : planners, politicians, and constitutional interpretation / Martin Reuss

Managing water for the future : the case of England and Wales / Ian Byatt

Water for Europe : the creation of the European Water Framework Directive / Maria Kaika

Water laws for water security in the twenty-first century / Stefano Burchi

Water and conflicts, Hobbes v. Ibn Khaldun : the real clash of civilizations? / Julie Trottier

Water and development : a southern African perspective / Peter Ashton.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-191759-1

1-281-34586-5

9786611345860

0-19-153313-0

1-4356-1004-0

OCLC:

476257414