Water for food in a changing world / edited by Alberto Garrido and Helen Ingram.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garrido, Alberto, 1964-

Ingram, Helen M., 1937-

Series:

Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy ; 2.

Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Management.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Management--International cooperation.

Integrated water development.

Food security.

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is not enough water globally for all the things humans need and want water to do for us. Water supply bubbles are bursting in China, the Middle East and India with potentially serious implications for the global economy and for political stability. Even the United States is depleting groundwater on average 25% faster than it is being replenished. Our thirst for water grows with our population, but the amount of fresh water available on Earth is fixed. If we assume ""business as usual"" by 2050 about 40% of the projected global population of 9.4 billion is expected to be facing water s

Contents:

Water for food in a changing world / Robert Sandford

Optimising water productivity in food production / Elías Fereres

Modern agricultural under stress : lessons from the Murray Darling in Australia / Wendy Craik and James Cleaver

Integrated watershed management / Akissa Bahri ... [et al.]

Lessons from Spain : a critical of assessment of the role of science and society / Alberto Garrido and Ana Iglesias

Integrating agricultural water use with the global water budget / Malin Falkenmarkt and Johan Rockström

Globalisation of water through virtual water trade / Hong Yang

Balancing water for people and nature / Uriel Safriel

Optimising water for life / Daniel Loucks

Water science and policy in a changing world : implications of non-stationary hydrology, ecolomics and politics / John Briscoe

Promises under construction : the evolving paradigm for water governance and the case of northern Mexico / Margaret Wilder

Beyond universal remedies for good water governance : a political and contextual approach / Helen Ingram

Water policies in Spain : balancing water for food and water for nature / Consuelo Varela-Ortega

Can the world feed itself sustainably? / Alberto Garrido, Helen Ingram and Robert Sandford.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-80815-9

1-283-12696-6

9786613126962

1-136-80816-7

0-203-82841-0

9780203828410

OCLC:

729166492