Assessing Global Water Megatrends

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Biswas, Asit K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rohner, Philippe (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Environmental management.; Urban geography.; Climate change.; Sustainable Development.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades. In this first ever book on megatrends for the water sector, 22 leading world experts from different disciplines represen...

Table of Contents:

• Assessing Global Water Megatrends
• Water: A Megatrends Perspective
• Population Megatrends and Water Management
• Harvesting Experience for Sustainable Urban Water Management
• Future of Water Resource Recovery
• Smart Water and Water Megatrend Management and Mitigation
• Megatrends in Shared Waters in 2030 and Beyond
• Megatrends in Hindu Kush Himalaya: Climate Change, Urbanization and Migration and their implications for Water, Energy and Food
• Shift in Water Thinking Crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa's Future
• Singapore: Transforming Water Scarcity into a Virtue
• Future Water Management: Myths in Indian Agriculture
• Policy Options for Reducing Water for Agriculture in Saudi Arabia
• Nestlé and Its Response to Megatrends in Water.