Water communities [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rajib Shaw, Danai Thaitakoo

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K., : Emerald Group Pub. Ltd., 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 553.7
• Soggetto topico: Water and civilization; Water - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ShawRajib ThaitakooDanai
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Water Communities; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; List of Editors; Brief introduction of the series; Brief introduction of the volume; Preface; Chapter 1. Water communities: Introduction and overview; Chapter 2. Community-based water management practices in Japan; Chapter 3. Bangkok liquid perception: waterscape urbanism in the Chao Phraya river delta and implications to climate change adaptation; Chapter 4. Tripod scheme for flood disaster prevention and technical transfer ; Chapter 5. Amplifying the community voices for greater access to drinking water in BangladeshChapter 6. Building civil organization networks in Shingashi river basin toward sustainable water environment; Chapter 7. Progress of research on cascade irrigation systems in the dry zones of Sri Lanka; Chapter 8. Pani panchayat: examples of water governance and community participation in India; Chapter 9. Urbanization does not always make progress: Experiences of Horikawa River in Nagoya; Chapter 10. Water management systems of China: Water cellar for community ; Chapter 11. From the water community to policy perspectives of sustainable eco-development in Kampong Bahru, MalaysiaChapter 12. Indigenous and scientific water management: Fusing research on urban headwater transformations in Northern Thailand and Metropolitan Baltimore; Chapter 13. The water community case of Chou-Shui River in Taiwan; Chapter 14. Essentials of water communities and its future perspective
• Sommario/riassunto: Water is the key to human civilization. Most of the ancient civilization had its roots to river basins, where people-water interaction was the key aspect. Due to innovations of knowledge and technology and modernization of lifestyles, the human-water direct contact has become less significant. People have become more dependent to the system, and consequently, the closeness to water is gradually diminishing. It is however, a challenge on how to learn from the basic principles of water human interaction and apply those lessons to the current context of urban and rural settings. This book wi
• Titolo autorizzato: Water communities
• ISBN: 1-282-66151-5; 9786612661518; 1-84950-699-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459448003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; ; v. 2.