TY  - SER
AU  - Gleick,Peter H.
ED  - Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The world's water: the biennial report on freshwater resources
SN  - 9781983865886
SN  - 1528-7165
AV  - TD345 .W674
U1  - 333 13
PY  - 1998///-
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Island Press
KW  - Fresh water
KW  - Periodicals
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/osterlin/Doc?id=10202485
UR  - http://www.worldwater.org
ER  -