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The world's water : the biennial report on freshwater resources.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1998-Description: v. : ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781983865886
ISSN:
  • 1528-7165
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333 13
LOC classification:
  • TD345 .W674
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Supplementary material available online via the World Wide Web.
Contents:
1998-1999: The changing water paradigm; water and human health; the status of large dams - the end of an era?; conflict and co-operation over fresh water; climate change and water resources - what does the future hold?; new water laws, new water institutions; moving towards a sustainable vision for the Earth's fresh water. 2000-2001: The human right to water -- How much water is there and whose is it? the world's stocks and flows of water and international river basins -- Pictures of the future : a review of global water resources projections -- Water for food : how much will be needed? -- Desalination : straw into gold or gold into water -- The removal of dams : a new dimension to an old debate -- Water reclamation and reuse : waste not, want not. 2002-2003: The soft path for water -- Globalization and international trade of water -- The privatization of water and water systems -- Measuring water well-being : water indicators and indices -- Pacific Island developing country water resources and climate change -- Managing across boundaries : the case of the Colorado River Delta -- The World Commission on Dams report : what next?
2004-2005: The millennium development goals for water : crucial objectives, inadequate commitments -- The myth and reality of bottled water -- Water privatization principles and practices -- Groundwater : the challenge of monitoring and management -- Urban water conservation : a case study of residential water use in California -- Urban water conservation : a case study of commercial and industrial water use in California -- Climate change and California water resources. 2006-2007: Business risks of water -- Floods and droughts ? Desalination -- Environmental justice -- Water and terrorism -- Ecosystem services --Bottled water -- Water and conflict chronology update ; 2008-2009 : Water and climate change -- Water in China -- Status of the Millennium Development goals for water -- Peak water -- Efficient urban water use -- Business reporting on water ; 2010-2012 : Climate change and transboundary waters -- Corporate water management -- Water quality -- Fossil fuels and water quality -- Australia's millennium drought: impacts and responses -- China dams -- US water policy reform -- Water briefs: Bottled water and energy, Great Lakes water agreements, Water in the movies, Water conflict chronology -- Data section -- Water units, data conversions, and constants.
Volume 9: The U.N. global compact CEO water mandate: history, objectives, strategy--a human rights lens for corporate water stewardship: toward achievement of the sustainable development goal for water--updating water use trends in the United States--the water footprint of California's energy system, 1990-2012--the nature and impact of the 2012-2016 California drought--water trading in theory and practice--the cost of water supply and efficiency options: a California case--water briefs--water units, data conversions and constants.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .W674 2018 V.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001447332
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .W674 2007 V.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000889161
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .W674 2009 V.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001039527
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .W674 2012 V.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001181352
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .G633 2003 V.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001312338
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .W674 2001 V.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001312791
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .G633 2005 V.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001312841
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TD345 .W674 2014 V.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001315687

Prepared by: Peter H. Gleick.

1998-1999: The changing water paradigm; water and human health; the status of large dams - the end of an era?; conflict and co-operation over fresh water; climate change and water resources - what does the future hold?; new water laws, new water institutions; moving towards a sustainable vision for the Earth's fresh water. 2000-2001: The human right to water -- How much water is there and whose is it? the world's stocks and flows of water and international river basins -- Pictures of the future : a review of global water resources projections -- Water for food : how much will be needed? -- Desalination : straw into gold or gold into water -- The removal of dams : a new dimension to an old debate -- Water reclamation and reuse : waste not, want not. 2002-2003: The soft path for water -- Globalization and international trade of water -- The privatization of water and water systems -- Measuring water well-being : water indicators and indices -- Pacific Island developing country water resources and climate change -- Managing across boundaries : the case of the Colorado River Delta -- The World Commission on Dams report : what next?

2004-2005: The millennium development goals for water : crucial objectives, inadequate commitments -- The myth and reality of bottled water -- Water privatization principles and practices -- Groundwater : the challenge of monitoring and management -- Urban water conservation : a case study of residential water use in California -- Urban water conservation : a case study of commercial and industrial water use in California -- Climate change and California water resources. 2006-2007: Business risks of water -- Floods and droughts ? Desalination -- Environmental justice -- Water and terrorism -- Ecosystem services --Bottled water -- Water and conflict chronology update ; 2008-2009 : Water and climate change -- Water in China -- Status of the Millennium Development goals for water -- Peak water -- Efficient urban water use -- Business reporting on water ; 2010-2012 : Climate change and transboundary waters -- Corporate water management -- Water quality -- Fossil fuels and water quality -- Australia's millennium drought: impacts and responses -- China dams -- US water policy reform -- Water briefs: Bottled water and energy, Great Lakes water agreements, Water in the movies, Water conflict chronology -- Data section -- Water units, data conversions, and constants.

Volume 9: The U.N. global compact CEO water mandate: history, objectives, strategy--a human rights lens for corporate water stewardship: toward achievement of the sustainable development goal for water--updating water use trends in the United States--the water footprint of California's energy system, 1990-2012--the nature and impact of the 2012-2016 California drought--water trading in theory and practice--the cost of water supply and efficiency options: a California case--water briefs--water units, data conversions and constants.

Supplementary material available online via the World Wide Web.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Publication of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.

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