The World's Water 2008-2009
eBook - ePub

The World's Water 2008-2009

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The World's Water 2008-2009

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

About this book

Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant  trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water. The 2008-2009 volume features overview chapters on:
• water and climate change
• water in China
• status of the Millennium Development Goals for water
• peak water
• efficient urban water use
• business reporting on water
 
This new volume contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water, as well as brief reviews of issues regarding desalination, the Salton Sea, and the Three Gorges Dam.
 
From the world's leading authority on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It is an essential reference for water resource professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.

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Table of contents

  1. About Island Press
  2. About the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. CHAPTER 1 - Peak Water
  10. CHAPTER 2 - Business Reporting on Water
  11. CHAPTER 3 - Water Management in a Changing Climate
  12. CHAPTER 4 - Millennium Development Goals: Charting Progress and the Way Forward
  13. CHAPTER 5 - China and Water
  14. CHAPTER 6 - Urban Water-Use Efficiencies: Lessons from United States Cities
  15. WATER BRIEF 1 - Tampa Bay Desalination Plant: An Update
  16. WATER BRIEF 2 - Past and Future of the Salton Sea
  17. WATER BRIEF 3 - Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China
  18. WATER BRIEF 4 - Water Conflict Chronology
  19. DATA TABLE 1 - Total Renewable Freshwater Supply, by Country
  20. DATA TABLE 2 - Freshwater Withdrawal by Country and Sector
  21. DATA TABLE 3 - Access to Safe Drinking Water by Country, 1970 to 2004
  22. DATA TABLE 4 - Access to Sanitation by Country, 1970 to 2004
  23. DATA TABLE 5 - MDG Progress on Access to Safe Drinking Water by Region
  24. DATA TABLE 6 - MDG Progress on Access to Sanitation by Region
  25. DATA TABLE 7 - United States Dams and Dam Safety Data, 2006
  26. DATA TABLE 8 - Dams Removed or Decommissioned in the United States, 1912 to Present
  27. DATA TABLE 9 - Dams Removed or Decommissioned in the United States, 1912 to Present, by Year and State
  28. DATA TABLE 10 - United States Dams by Primary Purposes
  29. DATA TABLE 11 - United States Dams by Owner
  30. DATA TABLE 12 A - African Dams: Number and Total Reservoir Capacity by Country
  31. DATA TABLE 12 B - African Dams: The 30 Highest
  32. DATA TABLE 13 - Under-5 Mortality Rate by Cause and Country, 2000
  33. DATA TABLE 14A–E - International River Basins of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America
  34. DATA TABLE 15 - OECD Water Tariffs
  35. DATA TABLE 16 - Non-OECD Water Tariffs
  36. DATA TABLE 17 - Fraction of Arable Land that Is Irrigated, by Country
  37. DATA TABLE 18 - Area Equipped for Irrigation, by Country
  38. DATA TABLE 19 - Water Content of Things
  39. DATA TABLE 20 - Top Environmental Concerns of the American Public: Selected Years, 1997–2008
  40. Water Units, Data Conversions, and Constants
  41. Comprehensive Table of Contents
  42. Comprehensive Index
  43. Island Press Board of Directors