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RECORD NUMBER: 5150 OF 5745Main Title | Water resources / | |||||||||||
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Author | Anisfeld, Shimon C. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Island Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 496964258 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1597264946 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781597264945 (cloth : alk. paper); 1597264954 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781597264952 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Watershed management ; Water resources development--Environmental aspects ; Water-supply--Social aspects ; Watervoorziening ; Natuurlijke hulpbronnen ; Waterhuishouding | |||||||||||
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Collation | xviii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-315) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Past, present, and future: introduction to the water crisis -- Quantity and quality: introduction to water resource science -- Supply and demand: water availability and water use -- Water, water, everywhere: dealing with floods -- Nor any drop to drink: water scarcity -- The end of stationarity: water in an era of global change -- Soft and hard: technologies for sustainable water management -- Human and ecosystems: finding the right balance -- Overconsumption and underconsumption: water for households and health -- Crops and drops: getting more from less in agricultural water use -- Growth and sustainability: using water more wisely in industry -- Basic need and economic good: the contested role of economics in water management -- Conflict and cooperation: transboundary and intersectoral water management -- Conclusion: the imperative of better management. |