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  • Water Management in Megacities

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Olli Varis, Jan Lundqvist, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. The special issue will focus on water management in its totality for megacities, including their technical, social, economic, legal, institutional and environmental dimensions through a series of specially invited case studies from different megacities of the world.At ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Water Quality Management

    Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Rafael Izquierdo, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • Water Management and Climate Change

    Dealing with Uncertainties

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Avinash Tyagi, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    To plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, knowledge needs to advance much more for the water profession beyond what it is now available. Meeting these challenges does not depend exclusively on advances in climatological-hydrologic models. Policies for adaptation and strategies for mitigation measures have to be formulated on the basis of ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    There is no question that water pricing and public-private partnership can improve water management practices in the future. However, this concept is neither the cure-all many proponents argue, nor the disaster its opponents forecast. Providing a comprehensive and objective assessment of what does and does not work, where, why and under what circumstances, this informative collection assesses the ... Leer más

    $66.99 USD

  • The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Francisco González-Gómez, Miguel A. García-Rubio, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    This book focuses on participation of the public and private sectors in urban water management and on the role of water pricing. It discusses in-depth topics such as public choices of urban water service management; dynamics of privatization and regulation of water services; adoption of water demand instruments; impacts of price and non-price policies on residential water demand; quality of water ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa

    Edición de Eglal Rached, Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than two billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been ... Leer más

    $66.99 USD

  • Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    Asian countries are not homogenous. They are in different stages of social and economic development, with cultural conditions and institutional and legal frameworks varying from one country to another. Therefore, how water can be successfully managed differs from one country to another. The book provides authoritative analyses of how water is being managed in different Asian countries, ranging ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America

    Edición de Benedito P.F. Braga, Cecilia Tortajada, Marco Palermo, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been assumed explicitly to be "the" solution for managing the limited water resources of the world. Hundreds of ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Improving Water Policy and Governance

    Edición de Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance. Water sector is an integral part of the ... Leer más

    $66.99 USD

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    Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.The Columbia River Treaty ratification in 1964 created the largest hydropower project in North America, with additional emphasis on flood protection for the United States. As the treaty approaches its 60th anniversary, and the first opportunity for modification, ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

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