Water Security The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus.

• Corporate Authors: The World Economic Forum Water Initiative (Author), SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Subjects: Environment.; Hydrogeology.; Agriculture.; Climate change.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Climate Change.

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 secu...