Assessing global water megatrends

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Assessing global water megatrends

Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Philippe Rohner, editors

(Water resources development and management)

Springer, c2018

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"Third World Centre for Water Management. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Institute of Water Policy. Pictet Asset Management" -- T.p

Includes bibliographical refernces and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades. In this first ever book on megatrends for the water sector, 22 leading world experts from different disciplines representing academia, business, government, national and international organisations discuss what the major megatrends of the future are and how they will radically change water governance in the coming decades.

Table of Contents

1. Nestle and Its Response to Megatrends in Water, by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe 2. Megatrends in water - shift in water thinking crucial for realistic planning of Sub-Saharan future, by Malin Falkenmark 3. Harvesting Experience to Support Sustainable Urban Water Management, by Janet G. Hering and Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy 4. Future Water Management Needs in Indian Agriculture: Many-a-Myth, by Dinesh Kumar 5. Water: a megatrends perspective, by Philippe Rohner 6. Population Megatrends and Water Management by 2050: Bustering Five Common Myths, by Olli Varis 7. The Future of Water Resource Recovery, by James W. Hotchkies 8. Smart Water and Water Megatrend Management and Mitigation, by David A. Lloyd Owen 9. Megatrends in Shared Waters in 2030 and Beyond, by Melissa McCracken, Laura Peters and Aaron Wolf 10. Megatrends in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: climate change, urbanization and migration and its implications for water, energy and food, by Aditi Mukherji, Christopher Scott, David Molden 11. Policy options for reducing water for agriculture in Saudi Arabia without further compromising food security or aggregate farmer revenues, by Christopher Napoli, Ben Wise, David Wogan and Lama Yaseen 12. How does Singapore do it? Turning Water Scarcity into a Virtue, by Peter Joo Hee Ng

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Details

  • NCID
    BB25905673
  • ISBN
    • 9789811066948
  • LCCN
    2017954266
  • Country Code
    si
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 251 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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