The World's Water Volume 8
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The World's Water Volume 8

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

  1. 494 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The World's Water Volume 8

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

About this book

Produced biennially, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.

Volume 8 features chapters on hydraulic fracturing (fracking), water footprints, sustainable water jobs, and desalination financing, among other timely issues. Water briefs provide concise updates on topics including the Dead-Sea and the role of water in the Syrian conflict.

The World's Water is coauthored by MacArthur "genius" Peter H. Gleick and his colleagues at the world-renowned Pacific Institute. Since the first volume was published in 1998, the series has become an indispensable resource for professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.

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Information

Publisher
Island Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781610914826
9781610914819
eBook ISBN
9781610914833
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environment & Energy Policy
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. About Island Press
  2. About the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by Ismail Serageldin
  7. Introduction
  8. One. Global Water Governance in the Twenty-First Century
  9. Two. Shared Risks and Interests: The Case for Private Sector Engagement in Water Policy and Management
  10. Three. Sustainable Water Jobs
  11. Four. Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: What Do We Knowand Need to Know?
  12. Five. Water Footprint
  13. Six. Key Issues for Seawater Desalination in California: Cost and Financing
  14. Seven. Zombie Water Projects
  15. WATER BRIEF
  16. DATA SECTION
  17. WATER UNITS, DATA CONVERSIONS, AND CONSTANTS
  18. COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
  19. COMPREHENSIVE INDEX 
  20. Board of Directors

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