Water resources and development / Clive Agnew and Philip Woodhouse.

By:

Agnew, Clive

Contributor(s):

Woodhouse, Philip

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2011.Description: xi, 343 pISBN:

9780415451390
9780415451376
9780203840658

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.91

Contents:

1.Water management best practice in the twenty-first century -- 2.Economic growth, environmental limits, and increasing water demand -- 3.Climate change and fresh water resources -- 4.Water resources in colonial and post-independence agricultural development -- 5.Water supply -- 6.Water demand -- 7.Catchments and conflicts -- 8.Water management conclusions.

Summary: Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and environment. Water management lies at the heart of strategies of development as does the added the hazard of climate change. Water Resources and Development provides a stimulating interdisciplinary introduction to the role of water resources in shaping opportunities and constraints for development. The book begins by charting the evolution of approaches to water management .

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-1	Non Fiction	333.91 AGN-W (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004706

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1.Water management best practice in the twenty-first century --
2.Economic growth, environmental limits, and increasing water demand --
3.Climate change and fresh water resources --
4.Water resources in colonial and post-independence agricultural development --
5.Water supply --
6.Water demand --
7.Catchments and conflicts --
8.Water management conclusions.

Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and environment. Water management lies at the heart of strategies of development as does the added the hazard of climate change. Water Resources and Development provides a stimulating interdisciplinary introduction to the role of water resources in shaping opportunities and constraints for development. The book begins by charting the evolution of approaches to water management .

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