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Coping with Water Scarcity: Addressing the Challenges

Autor Luis Santos Pereira, Ian Cordery, Iacovos Iacovides
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 oct 2010
One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty and starvation; the lack of water hampers industrial, urban and tourism development, forcing restrictions on other sectors, especially agriculture; health problems arise as the deterioration of ground and surface waters favours water-borne diseases, which flourish in the absence of decent water distribution and sewerage systems. Water conflicts still arise in areas under stress, while water for nature has become a vanishing priority in such zones.
This book is a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing new ideas for coping with water scarcity. The basic premise underlying the book is that water scarcity will persist, so personal, human and society-wide skills will be needed to cope with it while living in harmony with the necessary environmental constraints. The book provides basic information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions (and their students) in formulating coherent, hopefully harmonious and consolidated views on the issue. Guidelines are also given for introducing the general public to the concept of water scarcity and how to deal with it.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789048181612
ISBN-10: 9048181615
Pagini: 396
Ilustrații: XIII, 382 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands

Public țintă

Professional/practitioner

Cuprins

Water Scarcity Concepts.- Physical Characteristics and Processes Leading to Water Scarcity.- Droughts and Desertification.- Conceptual Thinking in Coping with Water Scarcity.- SurfaceWater Use and Harvesting.- Groundwater Use and Recharge.- Using Non-conventionalWater Resources.- Water Conservation and Saving: Concepts and Performance.- Water Conservation and Saving Measures and Practices.- Social, Economic, Cultural, Legal and Institutional Constraints and Issues.- Education.

Recenzii

From the reviews:“This 2002 revision of the UNESCO publication consists of 12 chapters in 357 pages covering a problem that is widespread and growing. … The book also examines alternative water resources … conserving water in various situations, constraints (‘social, economic, cultural, legal and institutional’), and educational needs. This work covers the area comprehensively and in sufficient detail to meet its stated goals and to illuminate the discussion and planning needed to meet the challenge of water scarcity. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections.” (D. A. Vaccari, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)

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One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty and starvation; the lack of water hampers industrial, urban and tourism development, forcing restrictions on other sectors, especially agriculture; health problems arise as the deterioration of ground and surface waters favours water-borne diseases, which flourish in the absence of decent water distribution and sewerage systems. Water conflicts still arise in areas under stress, while water for nature has become a vanishing priority in such zones.
This book is a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing new ideas for coping with water scarcity. The basic premise underlying the book is that water scarcity will persist, so personal, human and society-wide skills will be needed to cope with it while living in harmony with the necessary environmental constraints. The book provides basic information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions (and their students) in formulating coherent, hopefully harmonious and consolidated views on the issue. Guidelines are also given for introducing the general public to the concept of water scarcity and how to deal with it.
Audience:
This book will be of interest to policy-makers, decision-makers, water managers, land use planners, engineers (mainly agricultural, civil and environmental engineers), agronomists, economists, social scientists; other professionals related with water; students (engineering and planning)
 

Caracteristici

Integrated vision on water scarcity Guidelines for building locally or regionally adapted planning and management guides Calling for new ideas and innovative approaches Methods for disseminating ideas on coping with water scarcity throughout the community