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About this book
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. This book looks at the complexity of the problem. It provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world -- that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. Essential and compelling reading for students on courses related to water resource management and development; water managers and decision makers, and non-specialists with an interest in global water issues.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- About this book
- About the author
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Riding the Water Cycle: Water Cycle Dynamics and Freshwater Ecosystems
- 2 Spiralling Towards a Crisis: Water Use and Growing Shortages
- 3 To Feed the World: Food Supply and the Water Cycle
- 4 A Thirsty Planet: Water Supply and Sanitation in a Water-short World
- 5 When It Rains, It Pours: Water Management for Flood Damage Reduction
- 6 Arteries of Commerce: Inland Waterways and the Water Cycle
- 7 A Warmer World: The Interrelationships Between Global Warming and the Water Cycle
- 8 When the Water Cycle Breaks Down: The Potential for Restoration
- 9 Avenues of Governance: Institutional Options for Protecting the Water Cycle
- Index