The World's Water 2002-2003: The Biennial Report On Freshwater Resources
Wong, Arlene K.,Wolff, Gary H.,Reyes, Rachel,Mann, Amar S.,Cushing, Katherine Kao,Cohen, Michael,Chalecki, Elizabeth L.,Burns, William C.G.,Gleick, Peter H.
ISBN 10: 1559639490 ISBN 13: 9781559639491
Published by Island Press, 2002
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This volume is a source of information on the state of the world's freshwater resources, offering comprehensive and accessible analysis of the most important topics in water resource policy worldwide. It reviews major trends and events and provides up-to-date data on water resources and their use. This edition includes insightful analysis of a wide range of water issues followed by overview chapters on key topics of current interest. It offers tables of water data, and examines the causes and impacts of water overuse and degradation as well as institutions involved in governing water resources. It also establishes strategies and standards by which we can begin to set water policy on a more rational equitable and sustainable course. Offering current data and analysis on freshwater resources worldwide, this work aims to be an authoritative reference for specialists and nonspecialists alike, including policy makers, water resources specialists and planners, as wells as students and scholars in environmental policy, geography, hydrology, ecology and related fields.
About the Author: Peter Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. He is widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on freshwater resources, and is a member of the Water Science and Technology Board of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and an Academician of the International Water Academy in Oslo, Norway. He was recently named by the BBC as a "visionary on the environment" in its Essential Guide to the 21st Century.
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Title: The World's Water 2002-2003: The Biennial ...
Publisher: Island Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good