Water for food in a changing world
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書誌事項
Water for food in a changing world
(Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, 2)
Routledge, 2014, c2011
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  宮城
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  山形
  福島
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  栃木
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  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
"First published 2011 by Routledge. First issued in paperback 2014"--T.p. verso
内容説明・目次
内容説明
There is not enough water globally for all the things humans need and want water to do for us. Water supply bubbles are bursting in China, the Middle East and India with potentially serious implications for the global economy and for political stability. Even the United States is depleting groundwater on average 25% faster than it is being replenished. Our thirst for water grows with our population, but the amount of fresh water available on Earth is fixed. If we assume "business as usual" by 2050 about 40% of the projected global population of 9.4 billion is expected to be facing water stress or scarcity. With increasing climate variability being predicted by global climate models, we are likely also to have more people without adequate water more of the time, even in water-rich regions.
Irrigation productivity rose dramatically over the past 40 years as a result of the Green Revolution. However, even if we disregard the environmental impacts caused by that revolution, we are no nearer to achieving global food security than we were 40 years ago, as every time we come close to filling the food production gap population growth and ecosystem decline associated with water diversions to human purposes set us back. Our natural and agricultural ecosystems are trying to tell us something.
This book pursues these overarching themes connecting to water and food production at global and regional scales. The collection offers a comprehensive discussion of all relevant issues, and offers a wide-ranging discussion with the aim of contributing to the global debate about water and food crises.
目次
Preface Part 1: Introduction 1. Water for Food in a Changing World Part 2: Innovations in Agricultural Response to Sustainability Challenge 2. Optimising Water Productivity in Food Production 3. Modern Agricultural under Stress: Lessons from the Murray Darling in Australia 4. Integrated Watershed Management 5. Lessons from Spain: a Critical of Assessment of the Role of Science and Society Part 3: Counting the drops and the mouths to feed: Food Production and Trade 6. Integrating Agricultural Water Use with the Global Water Budget 7. Globalisation of Water through Virtual Water Trade Part 4: Water for the environment 8. Balancing Water for people and nature 9. Optimising Water for Life Part 5: Revitalized Water Governance 10. Water Science and Policy in a Changing World: Implications of Non-Stationary Hydrology, Ecolomics and Politics 11. Promises Under Construction: The Evolving Paradigm for Water Governance and the Case of Northern Mexico 12. Beyond Universal Remedies for Good Water Governance: A Political and Contextual Approach 13. Water Policies in Spain: Balancing Water for Food and Water for Nature Part 6: Conclusions 14. Can the World Feed itself Sustainably?
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