LEADER 04432oam 2200505 450 001 9910299560503321 005 20190911112725.0 010 $a3-319-01457-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-01457-9 035 $a(OCoLC)859159446 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6WYX 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000423315 100 $a20130723h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWater and the future of humanity $erevisiting water security /$fGulbenkian Think Tank on Water and the Future of Humanity 210 $aNew York $cSpringer Science$d2014 210 1$aNew York :$cSpringer,$d[2014] 210 4$d?2014 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages) $ccolor illustrations, maps 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-01456-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aOur Water, Our Future -- Drivers of Water Demand, Course Changes, and Outcomes -- Water Management in a Variable and Changing Climate -- Water for a Healthy Environment -- Integrated Urban Water Resources Management -- Water and Food Security: Growing Uncertainties and New Opportunities -- Water and Energy -- Water Projections and Scenarios: Thinking About Our Future -- Our Water Future:  Leadership and Individual Responsibility. 330 $aThis unique, engaging, and highly authoritative volume enlightens readers on changes needed in the way society accesses, provides, and uses water. It further shines a light on changes needed in the way we use food, energy, and other goods and services in relation to water, and offers projections and recommendations, up to 2050, that apply to water access challenges facing the poor and the common misuse of water in industry, agriculture, and municipalities. Written by an unparalleled slate of experts convened by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the book takes on one of the most critical issues on the planet today. In a frank yet optimistic assessment of major developmental chal­lenges, but also opportunities, facing future generations, the author elucidates linkages between water and a range of other drivers from various disciplinary and stakeholder perspectives. Ultimately portraying the belief that Humanity can harness its visionary abilities, technologies, and economic resources for increased wellbeing and sound stewardship of resources, the book presents an optimistic statement stressing actions scientists, policy makers, and consumers can and must take to meet the water man­agement challenges of a warming planet anticipating nine billion inhabitants by 2050. Gulbenkian Think Tank on Water and the Future of Humanity: Benedito Braga, Pres. World Water Council & Prof. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil; Colin Chatres, Director General of the International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka; William J. Cosgrove, Pres. of Ecoconsult Inc. & Senior Adviser for the UN World Water Development Report, Canada; Luis Veiga da Cunha, Prof. Environmental Science and Engineering, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Peter Gleick, Pres. of the Pacific Institute, USA; Pavel Kabat, Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria; and Prof. & Chair, Earth Systems Science, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Mohamed Ait Kadi, President of the General Council of Agricultural Development, Morocco; Daniel P. Loucks, Prof. of Civil Engineering, Cornell Univ. USA; Jan Lundqvist, Senior Scientific Advisor, Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden; Sunita Narain, Director, Center for Science & Environment, New Delhi, India; Jun Xia, Pres., International Water Resources Association, Chair Prof. & Dean, The Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), Wuhan University, China.                                                     . 606 $aWater security 606 $aWater-supply 606 $aWater-supply$xManagement 615 0$aWater security. 615 0$aWater-supply. 615 0$aWater-supply$xManagement. 676 $a330.9 676 $a333.91 676 $a500 676 $a55 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299560503321 996 $aWater and the future of humanity$92518777 997 $aUNINA