Impending global water crises /
Nair, Jeevan, ed.
Impending global water crises / edited by Jeevan Nair - New Delhi: Pentagon press, 2009.
1.Introduction --
2.Overview: causes, impacts and solutions --
3.2025: a future perspective --
4.Freshwater scarcity and solutions --
5.Challenges of the 21st century --
6.Water: conflict and opportunities --
7.Knowledge and capacity development --
8.Water and nature --
9.The concept of 'virtual water' --
10.How much water is enough water? --
11.Women: the worst sufferers --
12.Water: the real food crisis --
13.Using water like there's no tomorrow --
14.The role of governance in water control --
15.Coping with water scarcity --
16.Good management can prevent crisis --
17.Think 'local' to conserve freshwater.
Examines the potential global water crisis. The book explores the causes of the problem, the likely scenarios over the mid term if remedial action is not taken and the viability or otherwise of various proposed solutions.
9788182743977
PL
333.911 / IMP
Impending global water crises / edited by Jeevan Nair - New Delhi: Pentagon press, 2009.
1.Introduction --
2.Overview: causes, impacts and solutions --
3.2025: a future perspective --
4.Freshwater scarcity and solutions --
5.Challenges of the 21st century --
6.Water: conflict and opportunities --
7.Knowledge and capacity development --
8.Water and nature --
9.The concept of 'virtual water' --
10.How much water is enough water? --
11.Women: the worst sufferers --
12.Water: the real food crisis --
13.Using water like there's no tomorrow --
14.The role of governance in water control --
15.Coping with water scarcity --
16.Good management can prevent crisis --
17.Think 'local' to conserve freshwater.
Examines the potential global water crisis. The book explores the causes of the problem, the likely scenarios over the mid term if remedial action is not taken and the viability or otherwise of various proposed solutions.
9788182743977
PL
333.911 / IMP