Water sustainability : A global perspective

By:

Jones, J. A. A

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Routledge, 2010.Description: xi, 452 p.: color ill.; 28 cmISBN:

9781444104882

Subject(s):

Water supply

DDC classification:

333.91 JON

Contents:

Part 1 Status and challenges: Rising demand and dwindling per capita resources -- Water and poverty -- Governance and finance -- Pollution and water-related disease -- Water, land and wildlife -- Dams and diversions -- Trading water : real and virtual -- Water, war and terrorism -- The threat of global warming Part 2 Nature's resources: The restless water cycle -- Shrinking freshwater sources Part 3 Towards sustainability: Cutting demand -- Increasing supplies -- Cleaning up and protecting the aquatic environment -- Using seawater -- Controlling the weather -- Improved monitoring and data management -- Improving prediction and risk management -- Improving management and justice -- Aid for the developing world -- Is sustainability achievable?

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Text Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	333.91 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		37842

Part 1 Status and challenges:
Rising demand and dwindling per capita resources --
Water and poverty --
Governance and finance --
Pollution and water-related disease --
Water, land and wildlife --
Dams and diversions --
Trading water : real and virtual --
Water, war and terrorism --
The threat of global warming Part 2 Nature's resources:
The restless water cycle --
Shrinking freshwater sources Part 3 Towards sustainability:
Cutting demand --
Increasing supplies --
Cleaning up and protecting the aquatic environment --
Using seawater --
Controlling the weather --
Improved monitoring and data management --
Improving prediction and risk management --
Improving management and justice --
Aid for the developing world --
Is sustainability achievable?

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