The world water crisis : the failures of resource management /
In the last decade, water resources planners have frequently signalled an impending water crisis. The message is that the world is running out of water and that only by careful planning and the adoption of integrated water resources management can catastrophe be avoided. Stephen Brichieri-Colombi ch...
| Основен автор: | Brichieri-Colombi, Stephen. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2009.
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| Серия: |
International library of human geography ;
14. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=281322 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
World water crisis. |
| Резюме: |
In the last decade, water resources planners have frequently signalled an impending water crisis. The message is that the world is running out of water and that only by careful planning and the adoption of integrated water resources management can catastrophe be avoided. Stephen Brichieri-Colombi challenges these perceptions. He maintains that the crisis is one of resource management rather than availability: it arises because water resource planners advocate exploitation of rivers without due regard to social, environmental and geopolitical consequences. The author advances a new paradigm - w. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 343 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441616098 1441616098 9781845117535 1845117530 9780857718020 0857718029 |