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UNINA9910459448003321 |
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Titolo |
Water communities [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rajib Shaw, Danai Thaitakoo |
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Bingley, U.K., : Emerald Group Pub. Ltd., 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-66151-5 |
9786612661518 |
1-84950-699-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Collana |
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Community, environment and disaster risk management, , 2040-7262 ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Water and civilization |
Water - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Water Communities; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; List of Editors; Brief introduction of the series; Brief introduction of the volume; Preface; Chapter 1. Water communities: Introduction and overview; Chapter 2. Community-based water management practices in Japan; Chapter 3. Bangkok liquid perception: waterscape urbanism in the Chao Phraya river delta and implications to climate change adaptation; Chapter 4. Tripod scheme for flood disaster prevention and technical transfer |
Chapter 5. Amplifying the community voices for greater access to drinking water in BangladeshChapter 6. Building civil organization networks in Shingashi river basin toward sustainable water environment; Chapter 7. Progress of research on cascade irrigation systems in the dry zones of Sri Lanka; Chapter 8. Pani panchayat: examples of water governance and community participation in India; Chapter 9. Urbanization does not always make progress: Experiences of Horikawa River in Nagoya; Chapter 10. Water management systems of China: Water cellar for community |
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Chapter 11. From the water community to policy perspectives of sustainable eco-development in Kampong Bahru, MalaysiaChapter 12. Indigenous and scientific water management: Fusing research on urban headwater transformations in Northern Thailand and Metropolitan Baltimore; Chapter 13. The water community case of Chou-Shui River in Taiwan; Chapter 14. Essentials of water communities and its future perspective |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. People have become more dependent to the system, and consequently, the closeness to water is gradually diminishing. It is however, a challenge on how to learn from the basic principles of water human interaction and apply those lessons to the current context of urban and rural settings. This book wi |
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