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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Johnston, Barbara Rose (Editor), Hiwasaki, Lisa (Editor), Klaver, Irene J. (Editor), Ramos Castillo, Ameyali (Editor), Strang, Veronica (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.