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Boberg Jill
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Titolo: |
Liquid assets : how demographic changes and water management policies affect freshwater resources / / Jill Boberg
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Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.6/1/091724 |
Soggetto topico: | Water-supply - Developing countries |
Water use - Developing countries | |
Water resources development - Developing countries | |
Note generali: | "MG-358." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references(p. 107-124). |
Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Fallacies in the Prediction of the Water Crisis; The Future of Water Resources; CHAPTER TWO- Freshwater Availability; Quantity of Water on Earth; The Hydrological Cycle and Sustainable Water Use; The Role of Freshwater Ecosystems; Natural Influences on Water Availability; CHAPTER THREE- Patterns of Demand for Fresh Water; Agricultural Sector; Industrial Sector; Domestic and Municipal Sector; CHAPTER FOUR- Demographic Influences on Water Resources; Population Size; Number of Households |
Urbanization and MigrationEconomic Development; CHAPTER FIVE- Influences of Water Resources on Demographic Variables; Migration; CHAPTER SIX- Approaches to Sustainable Water Management; Supply Management; Demand Management; Demand Management by Sector; CHAPTER SEVEN- Conclusions: The Water Crisis Revisited; References | |
Sommario/riassunto: | A one-liner considers more demographic and local water-availability factors than most reports linking demography to water resources. In a 450-character abstract most writings linking demographic trends to water availability look at population-growth effects, treating water supplies as static and population as increasing. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Liquid assets ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8330-4086-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910220133903321 |
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