Building Resilience for Uncertain Water Futures

• Main Author: Gober, Patricia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Environment.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environmental geography.; Environmental management.; Water pollution.; Sustainable development.; Environment Studies.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Geography.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Sustainable Development.

This book describes the existential threats facing the global water systems from population growth and economic development, unsustainable use, environmental change, and weak and fragmented governance. It argues that 'business-as-usual' water science and management cannot solve global wate...