Water and Climate Change
eBook - ePub

Water and Climate Change

Sustainable Development, Environmental and Policy Issues

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Water and Climate Change

Sustainable Development, Environmental and Policy Issues

About this book

Water and Climate Change: Sustainable Development, Politics and Social Issues focuses on climate change and global warming, sustainable development and social and political issues surrounding water. Throughout the book, global contributors provide an outlook on the possible future of the world if climate issues continue to increase. In this regard, readers will become fully aware of the dangers of climate change and global warming. To counterbalance, the book also provides an outlook to the possible future of the world if changes are made and emissions are reduced. Water shortages and water pollution are real and are beginning to affect the lives of every one of us on the planet. We are rapidly reaching a point of no return. If we do nothing about water shortages and water pollution, many of the catastrophes mentioned in this book will come to pass. As such, this reference is a must-read resource for environmental scientists and engineers, water resource experts, agriculturalists, social scientists, earth scientists, geographers and decision-makers in government and water management. - Covers a wide spectrum of topics related to water usage as discussed by world authorities, all experts in their own field - Includes references and further reading at the end of each chapter, giving the reader all the very latest thinking and information on each topic - Provides case studies that follow a consistent template, presenting the reader with easy to find, real-life examples

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Table of contents

  1. Water and Climate Change
  2. Chapter 1 Introduction: water, the vital chemical
  3. Chapter 2 The root causes of climate change and the role played by water
  4. Chapter 3 Water resource planning and climate change
  5. Chapter 4 Potential impacts of climate change on biogeochemical cycling
  6. Chapter 5 Water quality engineering: physical, chemical, and biological treatment for a sustainable future
  7. Chapter 6 Urban water supplies in developing countries with a focus on climate change
  8. Chapter 7 Water purity and sustainable water treatment systems for developing countries
  9. Chapter 8 Water purification techniques for the developing world
  10. Chapter 9 Plastic pollution in waterways and in the oceans
  11. Chapter 10 Desalination and sustainability
  12. Chapter 11 Groundwater sustainability in a digital world
  13. Chapter 12 Economics of water productivity and scarcity in irrigated agriculture
  14. Chapter 13 Potential of municipal wastewater for resource recovery and reuse
  15. Chapter 14 Sustainable freshwater management—the South African approach
  16. Chapter 15 Sustainable water management with a focus on climate change
  17. Chapter 16 Food-energy-water nexus and assessment models
  18. Chapter 17 Emerging water pollutants
  19. Chapter 18 Local representations of a changing climate
  20. Chapter 19 Agricultural water pollution
  21. Chapter 20 Environmental impacts on global water resources and poverty, with a focus on climate change
  22. Chapter 21 Climate change and water justice
  23. Chapter 22 Environmental ethics and sustainable freshwater resource management
  24. Index