Out of water from abundance to scarcity and how to solve the world's water problems
From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwest...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
FT Press
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628174106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Not another crisis!
- From abundance to scarcity in 25 years
- Causes of water scarcity
- Climate change and water
- Agriculture and water
- Water, food, and poverty
- Integrating water
- Water governance for people and the environment
- Water rights and water costs
- Solving the world's water problems.
