Water, place, and equity / / edited by John M. Whiteley, Helen Ingram, and Richard Perry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822085103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-262-28610-6; 1-4356-6801-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Collana: American and comparative environmental policy
• Altri autori (Persone): WhiteleyJohn M. <1940->; IngramHelen M. <1937->; PerryRichard Warren
• Disciplina: 333.91
• Soggetti: Water resources development; Equity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 The Importance of Equity and the Limits of Efficiency in Water Resources; I Water, Place, and Equity; 2 The San Luis Valley and the Moral Economy of Water; 3 Ethical Issues in Storm Water Policy Implementation: Disparities in Financial Burdens and Overall Benefits; 4 Equity and Water in Mexico's Changing Institutional Landscape; 5 From Equitable Utilization to Sustainable Development: Advancing Equity in U.S.-Mexico Border Water Management; 6 Developing a Plentiful Resource: Transboundary Rivers in the Pacific Northwest; II Civic Engagement and Governance7 The Global Water Crisis, Privatization, and the Bolivian Water War; 8 Modernizing Mountain Water: State, Industry, and Territory; 9 Whose Water Is It Anyway? Water Management, Knowledge, and Equity in Northeast Brazil; 10 Water and Equity in a Changing Climate; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Many predict that by the end of the 21st century water will dominate world natural resource politics as oil does today. At present, much of the world's water is misallocated, wasted or polluted. This book argues that fairness in the allocation of water could be the cornerstone to a more secure future for mankind.