UID:
almafu_9959235675202883
Format:
1 online resource (317 p.)
ISBN:
1-350-22365-4
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1-84813-790-7
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1-281-21573-2
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1-84813-086-4
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9786611215736
Content:
The author argues that it is essential to manage water in different ways from those relied on in the last century. We must instead maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. Her book looks at the complexity of how to do this. And it provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world - that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. After discussing how the water cycle works and the inadequacies of current approaches to overcoming the growing gap bet.
Note:
Includes index.
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Riding the water cycle : water cycle dynamics and freshwater ecosystems -- Spiralling towards a crisis : water use and growing shortages -- To feed the world : food supply and the water cycle -- A thirsty planet : water supply and sanitation in a water-short world -- When it rains, it pours : water management for flood damage reduction -- Arteries of commerce : inland waterways and the water cycle -- A warmer world : the interrelationships between global warming and the water cycle -- When the water cycle breaks down : the potential for restoration -- Avenues of governance : institutional options for protecting the water cycle.
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Also published in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84277-243-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84277-242-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350223653
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