Water for food in a changing world

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There is not enough water globally for all the things humans need and want water to do for us. Water supply bubbles are bursting in China, the Middle East and India with potentially serious implications for the global economy and for political stability. Even the United States is depleting groundwater on average 25% faster than it is being replenished. Our thirst for water grows with our population, but the amount of fresh water available on Earth is fixed. If we assume ""business as usual"" by…

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Full title :Water for food in a changing world / edited by Alberto Garrido and Helen Ingram.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 333 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780203828410, 0203828410, 9781136808159, 1136808159, 9781136808166, 1136808167, 9781136808111, 1136808116, 9781138807662, 1138807664
oclc:ocn730503481
LC Classification:TC409
Dewey Decimal:363.6/1

Water for food in a changing world / Robert Sandford -- Optimising water productivity in food production / Elías Fereres -- Modern agricultural under stress : lessons from the Murray Darling in Australia / Wendy Craik and James Cleaver -- Integrated watershed management / Akissa Bahri [and others] -- Lessons from Spain : a critical of assessment of the role of science and society / Alberto Garrido and Ana Iglesias -- Integrating agricultural water use with the global water budget / Malin Falkenmarkt and Johan Rockström -- Globalisation of water through virtual water trade / Hong Yang -- Balancing water for people and nature / Uriel Safriel -- Optimising water for life / Daniel Loucks -- Water science and policy in a changing world : implications of non-stationary hydrology, ecolomics and politics / John Briscoe -- Promises under construction : the evolving paradigm for water governance and the case of northern Mexico / Margaret Wilder -- Beyond universal remedies for good water governance : a political and contextual approach / Helen Ingram -- Water policies in Spain : balancing water for food and water for nature / Consuelo Varela-Ortega -- Can the world feed itself sustainably? …

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Eau -- Approvisionnement Electronic books Environmental policy -- International c… Food security Integrated water development Ressources en eau -- Aménagement intégré Sécurité alimentaire TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environment… Water-supply -- Management