The Human Face of Water Security

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Devlaeminck, David (Editor), Adeel, Zafar (Editor), Sandford, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Water Security in a New World,
• Subjects: Environment.; Water.; Human rights.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Human Rights.; Water, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Human Face of Water Insecurity
• Chapter 2: The Impact of Water Security on the Social Development Agenda
• Chapter 3: Water, Law and Equity
• Chapter 4: Water as a Human Right: Legal and Ethical Dimensions
• Chapter 5: Crime, Corruption, Terrorism and Beyond: A Typology of Water Crime
• Chapter 6: Water Security is Job Security
• Chapter 7: Water Seekers, Carriers and Keepers: The Global and Gender Divide
• Chapter 8: Public Health Dimensions of Water Insecurity
• Chapter 9: Going to the Well: Water as a Community Builder
• Chapter 10: Pathways to a Water Secure Community.