Water communities

Water is the key to human civilization. Most of the ancient civilization had its roots to river basins, where people-water interaction was the key aspect. Due to innovations of knowledge and technology and modernization of lifestyles, the human-water direct contact has become less significant. Peopl...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shaw, Rajib, Thaitakoo, Danai
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010.
Σειρά:Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 2.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • ch. 1. Water communities : introduction and overview / Rajib Shaw, Danai Thaitakoo
  • ch. 2. Community-based water management practices in Japan / Yukiko Takeuchi, Noralene Uy, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 3. Bangkok liquid perception : waterscape urbanism in the Chao Phraya river delta and implications to climate change adaptation / Danai Thaitakoo, Brian McGrath
  • ch. 4. Tripod scheme for flood disaster prevention and technical transfer / Hirotada Matsuki
  • ch. 5. Amplifying the community voices for greater access to drinking water in Bangladesh / Dwijen L Mallick
  • ch. 6. Building civil organization networks in Shingashi river basin toward sustainable water environment / Nozomi Hishida, Ryo Kamada
  • ch. 7. Progress of research on cascade irrigation systems in the dry zones of Sri Lanka / K.W.G. Rekha Nianthi, M.A.S. Jayakumara
  • ch. 8. Pani panchayat : examples of water governance and community participation in India / Chandra Bhakuni
  • ch. 9. Urbanization does not always make progress : experiences of Horikawa River in Nagoya / Eizo Hideshima
  • ch. 10. Water management systems of China : water cellar for community / Weihua Fang, Xingchun Zhong
  • ch. 11. From the water community to policy perspectives of sustainable eco-development in Kampong Bahru, Malaysia / Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi, Miwa Imura, Hatsumi Umakoshi, Shimpei Iwasaki, Shamsuri Suradi
  • ch. 12. Indigenous and scientific water management : fusing research on urban headwater transformations in Northern Thailand and metropolitan Baltimore / Brian McGrath, Danai Thaitakoo
  • ch. 13. The water community case of Chou-Shui river in Taiwan / Jet-Chan Wen ... [et al.]
  • ch. 14. Essentials of water communities and its future perspective / Danai Thaitakoo, Rajib Shaw.