This book provides an overview of facts, theories and methods from hydrology, geology, geophysics, law, ethics, economics, ecology, engineering, sociology, diplomacy and many other disciplines with relevance for concepts and practice of water resources management. It provides co…
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Water -- Elements of the hydrologic cycle -- Properties of aquifers -- Principles of groundwater flow -- Groundwater flow to wells -- Soil moisture and groundwater recharge -- Regional groundwater flow -- Geology of groundwater occurrence -- Water chemistry -- Water quality and …
"The competition for groundwater sources as a water supply reinforces the need for a strong economic rationale in decision-making. Evaluating economic decisions in the context of total water management and life-cycle water use is essential to making critical development and reme…
Introduction : global water ethics : towards a water ethics charter / Rafael Ziegler and David Groenfeldt -- A brief history of efforts to articulate global water ethics / Susan Lea Smith -- What is water ethics and to what end do we study it? : lessons for the water ethics char…
The Oxford handbook of water politics and policy
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"This handbook gathers a diverse group of leading scholars of water politics and policy. Authors were tasked to present forward-looking chapters in their areas of expertise, flagging key trends in both research and practice. The volume is organized into six sections: poverty, ri…
"This handbook gathers a diverse group of leading scholars of water politics and policy. Authors were tasked to present forward-looking chapters in their areas of expertise, flagging key trends in both research and practice. The volume is organized into six sections: poverty, ri…
Introduction. Why water? Why now? -- Situating water in the 21st century -- Historical urban development in Niamey -- Accessing water in Niamey -- Water delivery vendors in Niamey -- "Pure water" in Niamey -- Fluid materialism in Niamey -- Conclusion. "Water, Life, and Profit o…
Using the case study of Delhi’s water situation, this book analyses emergent dynamics of policy process in India in general and, more specifically, in the post-economic reform era. Taking as its starting point a critique of linear version of policy making, the author explains bo…
This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chel…
This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing worldwide water stress on international peace and security, as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, the author argues tha…
"This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Che…