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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788503703321

Autore

Feldman David Lewis <1951->

Titolo

Water policy for sustainable development / / David Lewis Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-4214-0308-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/150973

Soggetti

Water-supply - Government policy - United States

Water resources development - Environmental aspects - United States

Watersheds - United States

Water-supply - Management

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with the Center for American Places Sante Fe, New Mexico, and Staunton, Virginia."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Water and sustainability: facing the challenges -- U.S. and international water resource management efforts: legacy and lessons -- Five U.S. river basin initiatives: case studies in search of sustainable development -- Water quality and quantity: the critical interface -- Toward sound ethical alternatives for water resources management -- Conclusions: water resources management as an adaptive process: pre-conditions for sustainability -- Appendix: River Basin Initiative Survey.