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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823465303321

Autore

Li Xiaokai

Titolo

Sustaining East Asia's water resources management through green water defense / / / Xiaokai Li, Graeme Turner, Liping Jiang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2012]

copyright 2012

ISBN

1-280-87858-4

9786613719898

0-8213-9597-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

pages cm

Collana

A World Bank study

Altri autori (Persone)

TurnerGraeme

JiangLiping

Disciplina

333.910095

Soggetti

Water resources development - East Asia

Water-supply - Management - East Asia

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.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgement -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Status of water resources in East Asia -- Defining the green water defense approach -- Selected country case studies of best practices -- General conclusions and recommendations -- Building on the best practices : towards a roadmap for East Asia -- References -- Appendix: country case study - Victoria, Australia -- Box 1: Water planning in Australia -- Box 2: Victorian water planning framework -- Box 3. Water sharing rules -- Box 4: Victorian (Australia) water register -- Box 5: Northern Victoria irrigation renewal project (NVIRP) : modernizing the Goulburn-Murray irrigation district.

Sommario/riassunto

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming a threat to water security in different countries or areas of East Asia, driven by water over-withdrawal and pollution, and aggravated by climate change and variability. The 'Green Water Defense in East Asia' study, as part of the driver for green growth in the water sector of East Asia region, seeks to find a sustainable solution to this challenge. The concept of Green Water Defense (GWD) is developed building on such principles as 'live and build with nature', 'green adaptation', 'produce more with less' and



'low impact development', etc. It is defined