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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299411103321

Titolo

Assessing Global Water Megatrends / / edited by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Philippe Rohner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-6695-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 251 p. 45 illus., 43 illus. in color.)

Collana

Water Resources Development and Management, , 1614-810X

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Environmental management

Urban geography

Climatic changes

Sustainable Development

Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)

Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 representing academia, business, government, national and international organisations discuss what the major megatrends of the future are and how they will radically change water governance in the coming decades.