Ways Towards Sustainable Management of Freshwater Resources (eBook, PDF)

Annual Report 1997
Übersetzer: Spence, T.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The availability of freshwater on a global scale will be one of the most urgent problems in the next century. The book reviews the current stage of the worldwide water crisis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 393
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642598951
• Artikelnr.: 53396192

Autorenporträt

The availability of freshwater on a global scale will be one of the most urgent problems in the next century. The book reviews the current stage of the worldwide water crisis.

Inhaltsangabe

A Executive Summary.- 1 Summary of individual chapters.- 2 Key recommendations for action.- B Introduction.- 1 Introduction.- C Five years after the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.- 1 Introduction.- 2 International policymaking in response to Global Change.- 3 Local government implementation of AGENDA 21.- 4 Summary and prospects.- D Focus: Water.- 1 The freshwater crisis: Basic elements.- 2 Water in the global network of interrelations - the causal web.- 3 Global water problems and their causes.- 4 Key issues.- 5 Solutions to the global water crisis.- E Recommendations.- 1 Key recommendations for research on freshwater resources.- 2 Key recommendations for policy action on water resources.- F References.- G Glossary.- H The German Advisory Council on Global Change.- I Index.