UID:
kobvindex_GFZ843535504
Format:
299 S.
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Mit Ill., graph. Darst. und zahlr. Kt.
Edition:
1. Engl. ed.
ISBN:
9783903073005
Content:
Following on from the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, the “World of Water” atlas aims at raising people’s awareness of the importance of water and its management. Using up-to-date satellite data, the atlas highlights a number of the most crucial aspects of the resource, whether exemplifying global dimensions or revealing regional or local effects.
The atlas does not attempt to be a scientific publication but strives to appeal to everyone and deliver background knowledge. It implies that sustainability is better attained by us joining forces with the environment rather than by us fighting against it.
As information technology has become more widely distributed, water issues have also come under closer focus in IT research and development activities. Now, Earth observation through satellites can be considered an indispensable tool to capture and visualise water issues on a lar-ger scale. In doing so, space technology has revealed a lack of institutional structures in the water industry. These are more vital than ever today, as water management ought to pursue an integrated approach forming the basis of multiple benefits and sustainability. If water resources were conceived as one big system together with Earth’s other reserves, they could be used far more economically. Satellite data provide a practical gateway for this approach.
Language:
English
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