LEADER 03393nam 2200745 450 001 9910222217703321 005 20210311111955.0 010 $a1-350-22365-4 010 $a1-84813-790-7 010 $a1-281-21573-2 010 $a1-84813-086-4 010 $a9786611215736 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350223653 035 $a(CKB)1000000000410917 035 $a(OCoLC)313756299 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10231457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000080008 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12015005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000080008 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10075885 035 $a(PQKB)10632383 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000258811 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12112430 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258811 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10257191 035 $a(PQKB)11401331 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC332907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4708665 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350223653 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000410917 100 $a20210311h20212004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThirsty planet $estrategies for sustainable water management /$fConstance Elizabeth Hunt 210 1$aLondon, England :$cZed Books,$d2004. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84277-243-0 311 $a1-84277-242-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRiding the water cycle : water cycle dynamics and freshwater ecosystems -- Spiralling towards a crisis : water use and growing shortages -- To feed the world : food supply and the water cycle -- A thirsty planet : water supply and sanitation in a water-short world -- When it rains, it pours : water management for flood damage reduction -- Arteries of commerce : inland waterways and the water cycle -- A warmer world : the interrelationships between global warming and the water cycle -- When the water cycle breaks down : the potential for restoration -- Avenues of governance : institutional options for protecting the water cycle. 330 $aThe author argues that it is essential to manage water in different ways from those relied on in the last century. We must instead maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. Her book looks at the complexity of how to do this. And it provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world - that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. After discussing how the water cycle works and the inadequacies of current approaches to overcoming the growing gap bet. 606 $aWater-supply$xManagement 606 $aWater use 606 $aNature conservation 606 $aHydrologic cycle 606 $aDrought & water supply$2bicssc 615 0$aWater-supply$xManagement. 615 0$aWater use. 615 0$aNature conservation. 615 0$aHydrologic cycle. 615 7$aDrought & water supply 676 $a363.6/1 700 $aHunt$b Constance Elizabeth$0938556 801 0$bN 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910222217703321 996 $aThirsty planet$92114893 997 $aUNINA