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Online-Ressource (XLVIII, 560 p. 195 illus., 138 illus. in color, digital)
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9789400717749
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Veronica Strang
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A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse people. It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the funct
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Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change; Foreword; Preface; The UNESCO-IHP Water and Cultural Diversity Project; Water and Biodiversity: A Global Crisis; Core Concepts and Tools; Cultural Ways of Life; Water Cultures and Waterscapes; Integrated Water Resources Management; Environmental Flows, Cultural Flows; Water Rights and Human Rights; Structure; A Final Note; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; Acronyms; Part I: Water and Cultural Diversity; Chapter 1.0: Introduction: Water and Cultural Diversity; References; Chapter 1.1: Placing Water and Culture
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1.1.1 Water in Culture1.1.2 Rivers in Culture; 1.1.3 Rivers in the Modern Era; 1.1.4 Legacies of Modernity; Box 1.1a Waters and culture in the Doce River Basin of southeast Brazil: Mobilization and construction of a new perspective-Claudio Bueno Guerra and Fabiane Torres; 1.1a.1 Social mobilization for waters; 1.1a.2 Conclusions; Reference cited; 1.1.5 Promise of the Twenty-First Century: Toward a Truly Integrated Sense of Water?; 1.1.6 Resurfacing Rivers; References Cited; Chapter 1.2: The Paradigm Shift in India's River Policies: From Sacred to Transferable Waters; 1.2.1 Sacred Waters
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1.2.2 Water Quality Policies1.2.3 River Linking and Surplus Water; Box 1.2a Isoso Guarani culture and livelihoods shaped by, and dependent on, the pulsing Parapeti River in the arid Gran Chaco of Bolivia-Janis B. Alcorn, Elio Ortiz, Antonio Mendez, and Alejo Zarzycki; Reference; 1.2.4 Hydro-Power in the Himalayas; 1.2.5 Implications and Recommendations; References Cited; Chapter 1.3: Rethinking the Role of Humans in Water Management: Toward a New Model of Decision-Making; 1.3.1 Why the Assumptions of Current Decision-Making Models Are Not Adequate
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1.3.2 Toward a Reformulation of Decision-Making Processes1.3.3 What Are the Challenges of Collaborating?; Box 1.3a 'Space for the River,' space for diversity?; 1.3a.1 One method of spanning boundaries and achieving diversity: Joint planning; 1.3a.2 Implementing diversity remains problematic; 1.3a.2.1 Veessen-Wapenveld; 1.3a.2.2 River Thames; 1.3a.2.3 The Westerscheldt controversy; 1.3a.3 Some risks; Reference cited; Notes; 1.3.4 Strategies and Recommendations; 1.3.4.1 Dealing with Framing Issues and Ambiguities; 1.3.4.2 Creating Opportunities for Participation; 1.3.5 Conclusions; Resources
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Chapter 1.4: Local Water Management in the Andes: Interplay of Domination, Power and Collective ParticipationReferences Cited; Chapter 1.5: The Power of a Disappearance: Water in the Jerid Region of Tunisia; 1.5.1 History of Water Control in Jerid; 1.5.2 Recent Moves to Control Water; 1.5.3 Diversification of Farming Practices in Extracting Water; 1.5.4 Water: A Rare Means of Free Expression; 1.5.5 Long-Term Consequences; Box 1.5a Climate change, water, and development in daily life in Tuvalu; References; Resources
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Chapter 1.6: Diverting Water: Cultural Plurality and Public Water Features in an Urban Environment
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400717732
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Water, cultural diversity, and global environmental change Dordrecht : Springer, 2012 ISBN 9789400717732
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9786029837247
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400718661
Language:
English
Keywords:
Nachhaltigkeit
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Gewässerschutz
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Klimaänderung
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Gewässerschutz
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Klimaänderung
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1774-9
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Johnston, Barbara Rose
Author information:
Strang, Veronica
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