Water A Looming Crisis

Author : Binayak Ray
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780739130278

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Water by Binayak Ray Pdf

Water: The Looming Crisis in India analyzes the key issues in developing national freshwater policies for the mainland countries of the South Asian sub-continent. Ray suggests that freshwater policy must cover all aspects of physical environment and human life, by noting that food and drought management are parts of freshwater policy and acknowledging that water is a scarce natural resource and has economic value. He calls for the development of basin-wide policies to minimize conflicts within riparian countries, as well as a freshwater policy baseline to minimize internal conflicts on water sharing arrangements. By pointing out the need for full participation of all stakeholders in developing a baseline policy including people displaced by the construction of large dams, Ray suggests a new system in which riparian countries are guaranteed that no water-related project proceeds without a transparently developed environmental impact assessment and evaluation of alternative options.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 0981429661

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Water by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Rogers,Susan Leal
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0230111521

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Running Out of Water by Peter Rogers,Susan Leal Pdf

Water is the world's life source and essential to all living creatures. Although we live on the blue planet, only 3 percent of all our water is drinkable. Yet we've grown accustomed to using it with abandon – individuals consume about 80 to 100 gallons per day adding up to the equivalent of an Olympic sized swimming pool every year. By this decade's end, when the world population is predicted to reach 8 billion, we will face severe shortages. In this ground breaking and forward-looking book, Harvard professor Peter Rogers and former general manager of the San Francisco Utilities Commission, Susan Leal give us a sobering perspective on the water crisis—why it's happening, where it's likely to strike, and what puts the worst strain on our supply. They explain how water's unique status as a renewable but finite resource misleads us into thinking we can always produce more of it. They introduce exciting new technologies that can help revolutionize our consumption of water and explain how different areas of the world have taken the helm in alleviating the burden of water shortages. Rogers and Leal show how it takes individuals at all levels to make this happen, from grassroots organizations who monitor their community's water sources, to local officials who plan years in advance how they will appropriate water, to the national government who can invest in infrastructure for water conservation today. Informed and inspiring, Running out of Water is a clarion call for action and an innovative look at how we as a nation and individuals can confront the crisis.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040

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Water Management in Africa and the Middle East by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Author : Jeevan Nair
Publisher : Pentagon Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8182743974

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Impending Global Water Crisis by Jeevan Nair Pdf

Two phenomena in conjunction-one natural and the other social-pose the greatest impending threat to life on earth: one, fresh water supplies are limited; and two, the population is zooming. Today the first impact of this mismatch is being felt. Tomorrow, it could lead to worldwide malnutrition, poverty, rising food insecurity and water wars. This book attempts to present this impending crisis facing the world in all its facets and the threat it represents to human life. It brings together the causes of the problem, the likely scenarios over the mid term if remedial action is not taken and the viability or otherwise of various proposed solutions. The scientific community is not only aware of the threat but is actively seeking solutions; national governments and global institutions are setting up joint intervention programmes. Impending Global Water Crisis is a summary in layman language of the serious potential of the water crisis and how each and every one of us can do his bit to limit the potential damage. It is meant to spread awareness of this peril that faces mankind, a peril that has already started affecting nature and national politics.

Author : Moushumi Chakrabarty
Publisher : Altitude Publishing (Canada)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1552653269

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Water Matters by Moushumi Chakrabarty Pdf

Author : Robert Jerome Glennon
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597266390

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Unquenchable by Robert Jerome Glennon Pdf

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. Robert Glennon captures the irony—and tragedy—of America’s water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry. The looming catastrophe remains hidden as government diverts supplies from one area to another to keep water flowing from the tap. But sooner rather than later, the shell game has to end. And when it does, shortages will threaten not only the environment, but every aspect of American life: we face shuttered power plants and jobless workers, decimated fi sheries and contaminated drinking water. We can’t engineer our way out of the problem, either with traditional fixes or zany schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska. In fact, new demands for water, particularly the enormous supply needed for ethanol and energy production, will only worsen the crisis. America must make hard choices—and Glennon’s answers are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. One truth runs throughout Unquenchable: only when we recognize water’s worth will we begin to conserve it.

Author : Julie Stauffer
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 185383436X

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The Water Crisis by Julie Stauffer Pdf

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Robin Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134159413

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Water by Robin Clarke Pdf

Only 3 per cent of the world's water is freshwater and about one third of that is inaccessible. The rest is very unevenly distributed, parts of Canada and the Amazon, for example are both more than amply suppied. Terrible and permanent water stress can be seen, among other places, in the drylands of Africa caused not just by drought, but by poverty leading to poor land management and over-population.;As with so many other things, those most badly affected are the poor nations of the world who are frequently faced with an impossible dilemma: they must either limit their water use to decreasingly available unused water or they must make do with used but untreated and, therefore, dangerous water. They cannot afford the technology to recycle safely. In rural regions increased populations and frequent droughts mean that in addition to the lack of fresh, clean water for human consumption there are inadequate supplies for crop irrigation.;An enormous proportion of the world's population lives in countries which share their primary sources of water with other nations, for example 12 countries depend on the Danube, 10 on the Niger, 9 on the Nile. Water is essential to development, both in poor countries and in rich, the use made of a major river in one country can affect seriously the possibilities open to another. Hence the international shortage is a major threat to world security. To take but one example, if Turkey goes ahead with its plan to damn the Euphrates, then Iraq and Syria, already water-stressed countries could be in even more serious trouble - they are hardly likely to accept the situation.;This book describes the world situation, addresses the nature of the problems, shows the ways in which they have been shamefully neglected in all development and economic thinking and proposes some solutions, often simple and well-tried but which could ensure water security for the whole world.

Author : Gerard Magill,James Benedict
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527528123

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Cascading Challenges in the Global Water Crisis by Gerard Magill,James Benedict Pdf

This edited book is a collection of essays presented at the 3rd annual endowed conference held at Duquesne University, USA. The conference series addresses emerging concerns and threshold problems about the sustainability of our planet. The contributions gathered here highlight the inter-relation of topics and expertise from the perspectives of science and policy, religion and ethics, and pivotal global issues. The book concludes with an ethical analysis of the multiple and over-lapping challenges to paramount concerns that require urgent attention and long-term resolution. The book is written for scholars and students in a variety of disciplines and fields that deal with the earth’s current survival and future flourishing.

Author : Maude Barlow
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781770894075

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Blue Future by Maude Barlow Pdf

Selected for The Globe 100 Books in 2013. The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it. The global water crisis has dramatically deepened. The stage is being set for drought on an unprecedented scale, mass starvation, and the migration of millions of refugees leaving parched lands in search of water. The story does not need to end in tragedy. In Blue Future, international bestselling author Maude Barlow offers solutions to the global water crisis based on four simple principles. Principle One: Water Is a Human Right chronicles the long fight to have the human right to water recognized and the powerful players still impeding this progress. Principle Two: Water Is a Common Heritage and Public Trust argues that water must not become a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market. Principle Three: Water Has Rights Too makes the case for the protection of source water and the need to make our human laws compatible with those of nature. Principle Four: Water Will Teach Us How to Live Together urges us to come together around a common threat — the end of water — and find a way to live more lightly on this planet. The final instalment in Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future includes inspiring stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized communities, as well as examples of government policies that work for people and the planet. A call to action to create a water-secure world, it is, in the end, a book of hope.

Author : Peter P. Rogers,M. Ramón Llamas,Luis Martinez Cortina
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : Kenneth Midkiff
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781930722682

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Not a Drop to Drink by Kenneth Midkiff Pdf

In some parts of the United States, water is disappearing as consumption exceeds supply. In other parts, battles are raging that will determine both the cost and the quality of a simple glass of water. Not a Drop to Drink comprehensively examines the imminent crisis of America's water supply and explains what readers everywhere can do about it. In this straightforward, story-driven book, Ken Midkiff talks to crusty ranchers in Topeka, suited lawyers in Atlanta, and smooth-talking politicians in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Using regional and national case studies, he analyzes and presents the roots of the problem, and then says what we must do to solve it. Written by one of the foremost experts on America's water supply, Not a Drop to Drink is a must-read book for concerned citizens nationwide.

Author : Colin Chartres,Samyuktha Varma
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0132181045

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Out of Water by Colin Chartres,Samyuktha Varma Pdf

From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwestern US. Along with water shortages, unsafe water becomes an increasingly widespread problem, too. As water crises trigger food and health crises, billions may slip further into poverty, leading to greater social and political unrest, new wars, and worsening national security. Out of Water doesn't just illuminate the coming global water crisis: it presents innovative solutions in agriculture, engineering, governance, and beyond, including state-of-the art techniques for integrated water management. This book will help raise the level of debate about water to the highest levels of government, and identify workable reforms and incentives to help water users utilize this crucial resource far more efficiently.

Author : Fredrik Segerfeldt
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1930865767

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Water for Sale by Fredrik Segerfeldt Pdf

This book "is an excellent argument for private management of humankind's most valuable natural resource. Its thesis is both provocative and suggestive - water is scarce in developing countries because of poor management, not because it is truly in short supply. Water policy affects the future of millions of people across the globe. Segerfeldt offers an efficient, sure, and safe alternative for this future." - back cover.