Regional water security

by Brears, Robert C.

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Title Statements

Full title :Regional water security / Robert C. Brears, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Summary

"Regional water security around the world is at risk from climatic and non-climatic challenges, including extreme weather events, rapid population growth and urbanisation, economic growth and rising income levels, ageing infrastructure, and increased demand for energy and food, impacting water quantity and water quality. Managing water in regions to achieve various economic, environmental, and social goals is particularly challenging given most of the world's water resources are transboundary, crossing both intra- and inter-state administrative and political boundaries. In response to decreasing water quantity and diminishing water quality, water authorities, at multiple levels of governance, in differing regions of the world are implementing policy innovations that promote the application of demand management and green infrastructure to achieve regional water security for humans while protecting and restoring the natural environment"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 211 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119661139, 1119661137
oclc:on1199327983
LC Classification:TD345
Dewey Decimal:333.91

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