Thirsty Planet: Strategies for Sustainable Water ManagementZed Books, 2004 - 302 páginas By the year 2025 nearly 2 billion people will live in regions experiencing absolute water scarcity. In the face of this emerging crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? Current international policy sees nature competing with human uses of water. Hunt takes issue with this perspective. She suggests that nature is the source of water and only by making the conservation of nature an absolute priority will we have the water we need for human use in future. It is essential , therefore, to manage water in ways that maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. |
Contenido
Freshwater Ecosystems | 5 |
FIGURES | 7 |
Water Use | 37 |
TABLES | 42 |
A Global Water Crisis? | 48 |
Conclusion | 57 |
Water Supply and Sanitation | 96 |
Water Management for Flood | 131 |
The Interrelationships Between Global Warming and the Water Cycle | 192 |
96 | 200 |
97 | 224 |
The Potential | 228 |
Institutional Options | 258 |
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