Planet water : investing in the world's most valuable resource / / Stephen J. Hoffmann
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| Autore: |
Hoffmann Stephen J. <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Planet water : investing in the world's most valuable resource / / Stephen J. Hoffmann
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 332.6722 |
| 363.6/1 | |
| 363.61 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Water resources development - Economic aspects |
| Water-supply - Economic aspects | |
| Water quality management | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Planet Water: Investing in the World's Most Valuable Resource; Contents; Introduction; Part I: WATER; Chapter 1: Water: Prerequisite for Life and Living; Chapter 2: The Global Water Condition; Chapter 3: Public Good, Commodity, or Resource?; Chapter 4: The Cost of Clean Water; Part II: INVESTING IN WATER; Chapter 5: The Business of Water; Chapter 6: Water Utilities; Chapter 7: Centralized Water and Wastewater Treatment; Chapter 8: Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment; Chapter 9: Water Infrastructure; Chapter 10: Water Analytics; Chapter 11: Water Resource Management |
| Chapter 12: DesalinationPart III: WATER BEYOND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; Chapter 13: Emerging Issues; Chapter 14: Water as an Asset Class; Chapter 15: Climate Change and the Hydrologic (Re) Cycle; Chapter 16: Forward-Looking Thoughts for Water Investors; Appendix A: Water Contaminants; Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations; Appendix C: Metric Conversions and Flow Equivalents; Glossary; Notes; About the Author; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Solving the world's water problems is proving to be one of the greatest investment opportunities of our time. Already, world water supplies are inadequate to meet demand, and the problem is going to get much worse in the years ahead. The World Bank estimates that 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and about 50 percent of the world's hospital beds are populated by people who have contracted water-borne diseases. If present consumption rates continue, in 25 years the world will be using 90 percent of all available freshwater. To address the problem, trillions of dollars will n |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Planet water |
| ISBN: | 0-470-47373-8 |
| 1-119-19876-3 | |
| 1-282-11410-7 | |
| 9786612114106 | |
| 0-470-47372-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830699803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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