Chasing Water A Guide for Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability /

• Main Author: Richter, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Water pollution.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Water scarcity is spreading and intensifying in many regions of the world, with dire consequences for local communities, economies, and freshwater ecosystems. Current approaches tend to rely on policies crafted at the state or national level, which on their own have proved insufficient to arrest wat...