Water resources and development / Clive Agnew and Philip Woodhouse.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge perspectives on development: Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2011Description: xi, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415451390 (hardback); 0415451396 (hardback); 9780415451376 (pbk.); 041545137X (pbk.); 9780203840658 (ebook); 0203840658 (ebook)Subject(s): Water resources development | Water-supply | Water resources development -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 631.7 LOC classification: HD1691 | .A365 2011Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-334) and index.
Water management best practice in the twenty-first century -- Economic growth, environmental limits, and increasing water demand -- Climate change and fresh water resources -- Water resources in colonial and post-independence agricultural development -- Water supply -- Water demand -- Catchments and conflicts -- Water management conclusions.
This text explores water management strategies through scientific, social and political perspectives, and uses case studies to exemplify four key development challenges: economic growth; poverty reduction; competition and conflict over water; and adaptation to climate change.
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