Liquid assets [[electronic resource] ] : how demographic changes and water management policies affect freshwater resources / / Jill Boberg

• Autore: Boberg Jill
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2005
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II