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Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean
This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, …
Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities
The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe. This book presents models and …
Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies
This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural …
The Biopolitics of Water
Biopolitics refers to a form of politics concerned with administering and regulating the conditions of life at an aggregated level of populations. This book provides a biopolitical …
River Basins and International Relations
This book argues that river basins represent a particular structural setting in international relations with the potential for generating a dynamic of cooperation among the …
Global Water Ethics
Scholarly interest in water ethics is increasing, motivated by the urgency of climate change, water scarcity, privatization and conflicts over water resources. Water ethics can …
Urban Water Sustainability
The provision of a safe and reliable water supply is a major challenge for the world's growing urban populations. This book investigates the implications of different developments …
The Mekong: A Socio-legal Approach to River Basin Development
An international river basin is an ecological system, an economic thoroughfare, a geographical area, a font of life and livelihoods, a geopolitical network and, often, a cultural …
Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Middle East
This book considers what is needed for water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) in the Middle East to adapt to the growing challenges of climate change.Looking across the …
Governing International Watercourses
This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all River Basin …
Legal Rights for Rivers
In 2017 four rivers in Aotearoa New Zealand, India, and Colombia were given the status of legal persons, and there was a recent attempt to extend these rights to the Colorado River …
Community Management of Rural Water Supply
The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India. Community management has long been the declared model for rural water supply …