Coping with Water Scarcity [electronic resource] : Addressing the Challenges / by Luis Santos Pereira, Ian Cordery, Iacovos Iacovides.

Call Number	333.7
Author	Santos Pereira, Luis. author.
Title	Coping with Water Scarcity Addressing the Challenges / by Luis Santos Pereira, Ian Cordery, Iacovos Iacovides.
Physical Description	XIII, 382 p. online resource.
Contents	Water Scarcity Concepts -- Physical Characteristics and Processes Leading to Water Scarcity -- Droughts and Desertification -- Conceptual Thinking in Coping with Water Scarcity -- SurfaceWater Use and Harvesting -- Groundwater Use and Recharge -- Using Non-conventionalWater Resources -- Water Conservation and Saving: Concepts and Performance -- Water Conservation and Saving Measures and Practices -- Social, Economic, Cultural, Legal and Institutional Constraints and Issues -- Education.
Summary	One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty and starvation; the lack of water hampers industrial, urban and tourism development, forcing restrictions on other sectors, especially agriculture; health problems arise as the deterioration of ground and surface waters favours water-borne diseases, which flourish in the absence of decent water distribution and sewerage systems. Water conflicts still arise in areas under stress, while water for nature has become a vanishing priority in such zones. This book is a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing new ideas for coping with water scarcity. The basic premise underlying the book is that water scarcity will persist, so personal, human and society-wide skills will be needed to cope with it while living in harmony with the necessary environmental constraints. The book provides basic information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions (and their students) in formulating coherent, hopefully harmonious and consolidated views on the issue. Guidelines are also given for introducing the general public to the concept of water scarcity and how to deal with it. Audience: This book will be of interest to policy-makers, decision-makers, water managers, land use planners, engineers (mainly agricultural, civil and environmental engineers), agronomists, economists, social scientists; other professionals related with water; students (engineering and planning) .
Added Author	Cordery, Ian. author. Iacovides, Iacovos. author. SpringerLink (Online service)
Subject	ENVIRONMENT. Climate change. HYDROGEOLOGY. Atmospheric sciences. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. SOIL SCIENCE. SOIL CONSERVATION. WATER POLLUTION. Environment. Environmental Management. Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. Hydrogeology. Climate Change Management and Policy. Atmospheric Sciences. Soil Science & Conservation.
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Summary	One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty and starvation; the lack of water hampers industrial, urban and tourism development, forcing restrictions on other sectors, especially agriculture; health problems arise as the deterioration of ground and surface waters favours water-borne diseases, which flourish in the absence of decent water distribution and sewerage systems. Water conflicts still arise in areas under stress, while water for nature has become a vanishing priority in such zones. This book is a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing new ideas for coping with water scarcity. The basic premise underlying the book is that water scarcity will persist, so personal, human and society-wide skills will be needed to cope with it while living in harmony with the necessary environmental constraints. The book provides basic information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions (and their students) in formulating coherent, hopefully harmonious and consolidated views on the issue. Guidelines are also given for introducing the general public to the concept of water scarcity and how to deal with it. Audience: This book will be of interest to policy-makers, decision-makers, water managers, land use planners, engineers (mainly agricultural, civil and environmental engineers), agronomists, economists, social scientists; other professionals related with water; students (engineering and planning) .
Contents	Water Scarcity Concepts -- Physical Characteristics and Processes Leading to Water Scarcity -- Droughts and Desertification -- Conceptual Thinking in Coping with Water Scarcity -- SurfaceWater Use and Harvesting -- Groundwater Use and Recharge -- Using Non-conventionalWater Resources -- Water Conservation and Saving: Concepts and Performance -- Water Conservation and Saving Measures and Practices -- Social, Economic, Cultural, Legal and Institutional Constraints and Issues -- Education.
Subject	ENVIRONMENT. Climate change. HYDROGEOLOGY. Atmospheric sciences. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. SOIL SCIENCE. SOIL CONSERVATION. WATER POLLUTION. Environment. Environmental Management. Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. Hydrogeology. Climate Change Management and Policy. Atmospheric Sciences. Soil Science & Conservation.
Multimedia	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9579-5