Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures? /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Johnston, Barbara Rose (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hiwasaki, Lisa (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Klaver, Irene J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ramos Castillo, Ameyali (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Strang, Veronica (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environmental management.; Biodiversity.; Aquatic ecology.; Sustainable development.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Sustainable Development.; Environment, general.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples.  It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a huma...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Water and cultural diversity
• 2. Culture and Water in Diverse Environments
• 3. Water value, access, use, and control: sociocultural contexts of water scarcity
• 4. Hydrodevelopment, Cultural Diversity and Sustainability
• 5. The Ways Forward
• 6.Water, Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity: United Nations statements, resolutions and treaties.