The Human Face Of Water Security

Author : David Devlaeminck,Zafar Adeel,Robert Sandford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319501611

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The Human Face of Water Security by David Devlaeminck,Zafar Adeel,Robert Sandford Pdf

This volume collects essays from academics and practitioners from a diversity of areas and perspectives in order to discuss water security at various levels and to illuminate the central idea of water security: its focus on the individual. Beginning with the big picture, this book aims to illustrate the depth of the water security crisis and its interconnections with other aspects of societal development. It particularly draws a connection to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and discusses that challenges faced in meeting the 17 sustainability development goals (SDG) by the year 2030. Moving from international to domestic and community perspectives, this book provides a unique analysis of issues and solutions to the water issues we face today in light of the ever looming global changes brought on by climate change. Over the past few decades the recognition of our common need for water has increased, as policymakers have sought to place more focus on the individual within policy. After the recognition of water and sanitation as a fundamental human right by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010, there is increasing recognition of the individual as the building block for the struggle for water security. This reality also intersects with adverse impacts of global climate change, and the book responds to the broader question: will clean and safe water be available where we need it and when we need it in the future?

Author : Jim F. Chamberlain,David A. Sabatini
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119824640

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Fundamentals of Water Security by Jim F. Chamberlain,David A. Sabatini Pdf

FUNDAMENTALS OF WATER SECURITY Understand How to Manage Water Resources to Equitably Meet Both Human and Ecological Needs Burgeoning populations and the ever-higher standards of living for those in emerging countries increase the demand on our water resources. What is not increasing, however, is the supply of water and the total amount of water in earth’s biosphere—water that is integral to all standards of living. Fundamentals of Water Security provides a foundation for understanding and managing the quantity-quality-equity nexus of water security in a changing climate. In a broad sense, this volume explores solutions to water security challenges around the world. It is richly illustrated and pedagogically packed with up-to-date information. The text contains chapter learning objectives, foundation sections reviewing quantitative skills, case studies, and vignettes of people who have made important contributions to water security. To further aid comprehension, end-of-chapter problems are included—both qualitative and quantitative, with solutions available to instructors. Finally, extensive references feature books, journal articles, and government and NGO reports. Sample topics discussed include: How the study of water resources has evolved from a focus on physical availability to include social factors and governance How water security affects multiple disciplines across environmental science and engineering, hydrology, geography, water resources, atmospheric science, chemistry, biology, health science, and social and political science fields How to achieve a sufficient quantity and quality of water to equitably meet both immediate and long-term human and ecological needs Analysis of water security in an integrated manner by underscoring the complex interactions between water quantity, water quality, and society Students taking courses on hydrology, water security, and/or water resource management, along with scientists working in fields where water security is a factor will be able to use Fundamentals of Water Security as a comprehensive textbook to understand and achieve water security.

Author : David A. Pietz,Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030676926

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Water and Human Societies by David A. Pietz,Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted Pdf

This book explores the historical relationships between human communities and water. Bringing together for the first time key texts from across the literature, it discusses how the past has shaped our contemporary challenges with equitable access to clean and ample water supplies. The book is organized into chapters that explore thematic issues in water history, including “Water and Civilizations,” Water and Health,” “Water and Equity” and “Water and Sustainability”. Each chapter is introduced by a critical overview of the theme, followed by four primary and secondary readings that discuss critical nodes in the historical and contemporary development of each chapter theme. “Further readings” at the end of each chapter invite the reader to further explore the dynamics of each theme. The foundational premise of the book is that in order to comprehend the complexity of global water challenges, we need to understand the history of cultural forces that have shaped our water practices. These historical patterns shape the range of choices available to us as we formulate responses to water challenges. The book will be a valuable resource to all students interested in understanding the challenges of water use today.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264202405

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OECD Studies on Water Water Security for Better Lives by OECD Pdf

This publication examines the critical issues surrounding water security (water shortage, water excess, inadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems), providing a rationale for a risk-based approach and the management of trade-offs between water and other policies.

Author : Claudia Pahl-Wostl,Anik Bhaduri,Joyeeta Gupta
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781782548010

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Handbook on Water Security by Claudia Pahl-Wostl,Anik Bhaduri,Joyeeta Gupta Pdf

Water security has received increasing attention in the scientific and public policy communities in recent years. The Handbook on Water Security is a much-needed resource that helps the reader navigate between the differing interpretations of water security. It explains the various dimensions of the topic by approaching it both conceptually and thematically, as well as in relation to experiences in different regions of the world. The international contributors explore the various perspectives on water security to show that it has multiple meanings that cannot easily be reconciled. Topics discussed include: challenges from human security to consumerism, how trade policies can help to achieve water security in a transboundary setting, the potential of risk-based governance arrangements and the ecology of water security. Scholars and postgraduate students in the social sciences working on water-related issues will find this book to be of substantial interest. It will strongly appeal to policymakers and practitioners looking at the strengths and limitations of water security.

Author : The World Economic Forum Water Initiative
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781610910262

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Water Security by The World Economic Forum Water Initiative Pdf

The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiraling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for energy, and for manufacturing are surging. Water is already emerging as a headline geopolitical issue—and worsening water security will soon have dire consequences in many parts of the global economic system. Directed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the 2008 Davos Annual Meeting, the World Economic Forum assembled the world’s foremost group of public, private, non-governmental-organization and academic experts to examine the water crisis issue from all perspectives. The result of their work is this forecast—a stark, non-technical overview of where we will be by 2025 if we take a business-as-usual approach to (mis)managing our water resources. The findings are shocking. Perhaps equally stunning are the potential solutions and the recommendations that the group presents. All are included in this landmark publication. Water Security contains compelling commentary from leading decision-makers, past and present. The commentary is supported by analysis from leading academics of how the world economy will be affected if world leaders cannot agree on solutions. The book suggests how business and politics need to manage the energy-food-water-climate axis as leaders negotiate the details of the climate regime that replace Kyoto Protocols.

Author : Peter P. Rogers,M. Ramón Llamas,Luis Martinez Cortina
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 143983427X

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Water Crisis: Myth or Reality? by Peter P. Rogers,M. Ramón Llamas,Luis Martinez Cortina Pdf

Always considered a classic renewable resource, after a hundred thousand years of farming and industry, rivers in many parts of the world are running dry and the groundwater is over pumped. In addition, the rate at which water sources are becoming contaminated with waste from humans, industry, and agriculture is truly alarming. Do these factors add up to a water crisis that merits drastic, large-scale action? Not necessarily say the editors of Water Crisis: Myth or Reality. They challenge this pessimism, concluding that while there are serious global water issues to be considered, the concept of a global water crisis is largely overstated. The book examines the issues and explores which conditions are permanent and unchangeable and which are remediable and changeable. The chapters explore when and where severe regional and local water problems occur and make suggestions about how they may be solved in a deliberate, non-crisis manner. The book covers recent breakthroughs in desalination technologies, the eco-sanitation revolution, international trade in agricultural products, methods of governance and negotiation in water allocation, and pricing and devolution of property rights and the roles they play in solving water issues. The editors, along with a panel of world-renowned experts, suggest that water issues can be solved over the next few decades using new technologies and processes.

Author : Jean Axelrad Cahan
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781783085675

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Water Security in the Middle East by Jean Axelrad Cahan Pdf

Water Security in the Middle East explores the extent and nature of water security problems in transboundary water systems in the Middle East. This collection of essays discusses the political and scientific contexts and the limitations of cooperation in water security. The contributors argue that while conflicts over transboundary water systems in the Middle East do occur, they tend not to be violent nor have they ever been the primary cause of a war in this region. The authors place water disputes in larger political, historical and scientific contexts and discuss how the humanities and social sciences could contribute more towards this understanding. They also contend that international sharing of scientific and technological advances can significantly increase access to water and improve water quality. While scientific advances can and should increase adaptability to changing environmental conditions, especially climate change, national institutional reform and the strengthening of joint commissions are vital. The contributors indicate ways in which transboundary cooperation may move from simple and intermittent coordination to sophisticated, adaptive and equitable modes of water management.

Author : Christopher Ward,Isabelle Learmont,Sandra Ruckstuhl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755637959

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Water Security for Palestinians and Israelis by Christopher Ward,Isabelle Learmont,Sandra Ruckstuhl Pdf

Shared water resources in Israel and Palestine are often the site of political, economic, historical, legal and ethical contestation. In this, the second of two volumes on the subject, the authors look beyond the political tensions of the region, to argue for the need for shared water security and co-operative resource management. Winning Water Security for Palestinians and Israelis, the authors assess water security in terms of security of access to water resources, security of access to water services and security against risks to and from water. The volume compares and contrasts Israelis remarkable water security with the corresponding water insecurity of the Palestinians. The authors also set out the practical, economic, legal and ethical rationale for a revised cooperation on water security between the two peoples, proposing a workable scheme for putting into practice a new form of cooperation that would hope to benefit both peoples and strengthen their water security.

Author : Yusuf A. Mehta,Iacopo Carnacina,D. Nagesh Kumar,K. Ramachandra Rao,Madhuri Kumari
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811613036

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Advances in Water Resources and Transportation Engineering by Yusuf A. Mehta,Iacopo Carnacina,D. Nagesh Kumar,K. Ramachandra Rao,Madhuri Kumari Pdf

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2020). The volume focuses on latest research works carried out in the area of water resources and transportation engineering. The topics include technological intervention and solution for water security, sustainability in water resources and transportation infrastructure, crop protection, resilience to disaster like flood, hurricane and drought, traffic congestion, transport planning etc. It aims to address broad spectrum of audience by covering inter-disciplinary innovative research and applications in these areas. It will be useful to graduate students, researchers, scientists, and practitioners working in water resources and transportation engineering domain.

Author : Robert C. Brears
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119131731

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Urban Water Security by Robert C. Brears Pdf

In the 21st Century, the world will see an unprecedented migration of people moving from rural to urban areas. With global demand for water projected to outstrip supply in the coming decades, cities will likely face water insecurity as a result of climate change and the various impacts of urbanisation. Traditionally, urban water managers have relied on large-scale, supply-side infrastructural projects to meet increased demands for water; however, these projects are environmentally, economically and politically costly. Urban Water Security argues that cities need to transition from supply-side to demand-side management to achieve urban water security. This book provides readers with a series of in-depth case studies of leading developed cities, of differing climates, incomes and lifestyles from around the world, that have used demand management tools to modify the attitudes and behaviour of water users in an attempt to achieve urban water security. Urban Water Security will be of particular interest to town and regional planners, water conservation managers and policymakers, international companies and organisations with large water footprints, environmental and water NGOs, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students.

Author : UNESCO Office Nairobi and Regional Bureau for Science in Africa
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231005220

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Youth and water Security in Africa by UNESCO Office Nairobi and Regional Bureau for Science in Africa Pdf

Author : Janos J. Bogardi,Joyeeta Gupta,K. D. Wasantha Nandalal,Léna Salamé,Ronald R.P. van Nooijen,Navneet Kumar,Tawatchai Tingsanchali,Anik Bhaduri,Alla G. Kolechkina
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030601478

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Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples by Janos J. Bogardi,Joyeeta Gupta,K. D. Wasantha Nandalal,Léna Salamé,Ronald R.P. van Nooijen,Navneet Kumar,Tawatchai Tingsanchali,Anik Bhaduri,Alla G. Kolechkina Pdf

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 comprehensive, but also critical reading material for all communities involved in the ongoing water discourses and debates. The book refers to case studies in the form of boxes, sections, or as entire chapters. They illustrate success stories, but also lessons to be remembered, to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Based on consolidated state-of-the-art knowledge, it has been conceived and written to attract a multidisciplinary audience. The aim of this handbook is to facilitate understanding between the participants of the international water discourse and multi-level decision making processes. Knowing more about water, but also about concepts, methods and aspirations of different professional, disciplinary communities and stakeholders professionalizes the debate and enhances the decision making.

Author : Nurudeen A. Oladoja,Emmanuel I. Unuabonah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030707576

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Progress and Prospects in the Management of Oxyanion Polluted Aqua Systems by Nurudeen A. Oladoja,Emmanuel I. Unuabonah Pdf

This book is a compendium of research efforts and findings on the sources, occurrences, hydrochemistry, and several operating variables that influence the presence of oxyanions in aqua system. The content of this book has been designed to provide an insightful account of an array of innovative technologies for the management of the impacts of oxyanions in water, the progress and drawbacks of these technologies and those that have been effectively deployed to transform oxyanions in water to beneficial species. This book further x-rays global laws and economic policies targeted at effectively curtailing the presence of harmful oxyanions in water, challenges facing these policies, and future perspectives on how best to reduce the level of these harmful oxyanions in water to safe limit. The book is relevant to water professionals, policy makers, academics, and research students.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264202390

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OECD Studies on Water Water Security for Better Lives by OECD Pdf

This publication examines the critical issues surrounding water security (water shortage, water excess, inadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems), providing a rationale for a risk-based approach and the management of trade-offs between water and other policies.