Water crisis : myth or reality? : Marcelino Botín Water Forum 2004
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Water crisis : myth or reality? : Marcelino Botín Water Forum 2004
（Balkema : proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth science）
Taylor & Francis, c2006
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"Fundación Marcelino Botín" -- cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
Always considered a classic renewable resource, after a hundred thousand years of farming and industry, rivers in many parts of the world are running dry and the groundwater is over pumped. In addition, the rate at which water sources are becoming contaminated with waste from humans, industry, and agriculture is truly alarming. Do these factors add up to a water crisis that merits drastic, large-scale action?
Not necessarily say the editors of Water Crisis: Myth or Reality. They challenge this pessimism, concluding that while there are serious global water issues to be considered, the concept of a global water crisis is largely overstated. The book examines the issues and explores which conditions are permanent and unchangeable and which are remediable and changeable. The chapters explore when and where severe regional and local water problems occur and make suggestions about how they may be solved in a deliberate, non-crisis manner.
The book covers recent breakthroughs in desalination technologies, the eco-sanitation revolution, international trade in agricultural products, methods of governance and negotiation in water allocation, and pricing and devolution of property rights and the roles they play in solving water issues. The editors, along with a panel of world-renowned experts, suggest that water issues can be solved over the next few decades using new technologies and processes.
目次
Part I: Water Policy and Management Part II: The Economic Value of Water Part III: Irrigation Part IV: Virtual Water Part V: Groundwater Part VI: Water and Poverty Alleviation Part VII: Water and Nature Part VIII: New Technologies to Cope With Water Scarcity
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