Water
Global Common and Global Problems
Velma I. Grover (ed.): Natural Resource Consultant,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
ISBN 978-1-57808-409-8; 2006; 548 pages; US$ 95.20
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Water is one of the most essential element for the survival of living beings.
With the increase in demand and decreasing quality and quantity, water has become
one of the major issues and problems in the world today. It is unevenly distributed
geographically and temporally, resulting in surpluses for some people and a
threat for others.
This book covers topics on scientific aspects, governance, and best management
practices. The book shows that good governance, policies for effective conservation
and public participation are important for water use. There are a lot of examples
of best management practices all over the world — for effective and efficient
use of water, community-based programs in North America, Asia and Africa. The
book provides two case studies.
Contents :
Introduction
. General Overview:
V.I. Grover
. Water and Food Insecurity in Developing Countries: Major Challenges
for the 21st Century:
Patrick Webb
Fresh Water — Ground Water, Surface Water
. Freshwater A Scarce Resource: Its Global Utilization and Sustainable
Work Practices in Melbourne, Australia:
S.U. Hussainy and S. Kumar
. State of Water Quality and its Management in India:
R.C. Trivedi
. Status of Freshwater in Sri Lanka: From a Precious Resource to a Commodity
Wasted and Mismanaged:
S. Wijeyekoon
. Strategic Impact Assessment and Root Causes of Pollution in a Transboundary
Drainage Basin in Brazil:
M. Marques et al.
. Water regulation through Two Transitions: The Case of Hungary:
C.M.
Briggs
. Liquid Waste Management Practices and the Efficient Reuse Strategies
with Reference to Melbourne Australia:
S.U. Hussainy and S. Kumar
. Drinking Water Contaminants and Human Health:
L. Bhardwaj
. Projections of Climate Change on Precipitation Intensities, and Implications
to Urban Infrastructure:
E.A. McBean
. Climate Change, Water and Poverty in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania:
J. Paavola
Governance, Institutions, Laws and Policies
. Water Governance and Water Economics:
V.I. Grover
. Water basin regimes in Europe and institutional conditions for their
sustainability:
H. Bressers and S. Kuks
. Public participation in Water Management:
D. Huitema and M. van
de Kerkhof
. Intergovernmental Challenges of Watershed Management: Strategies for
Improving Watershed Governance:
M.T. Imperial
. Sustainability and Freshwater in the Western United States:
S.K.
Davis
. Governance in Abundance and Scarcity: The Development of Water Rights
in the Great Lakes and Murray-Darling Basins:
B. Heinmiller
. GAPs in the Dialogue of Governance: Conflicting Ideologies of Development
in Turkey:
A. Pool and V.I. Grover
. Integrated Water Resources Management: A Catalyst for Regional Cooperation?:
F.F. Daibes
. Water Scarcity and Water Wars in the Middle East?:
A. Kubursi
Best Practices Management
. Community Based Watersheds: A Novel Approach to Sustainable Freshwater
Management:
Ritu Bharadwaj et al.
. Freshwater Management in Industrialized Urban Areas: The Role of Water
Conservation:
Y.-D. Wang et al.
Human Rights . Introduction to Human Rights Section:
V.I. Grover
. Water: A Human Right:
N. Rosemann
. Financing the Human Right to Water as Millennium Development Goal:
N. Rosemann
