Johan Rockström, Malin Falkenmark, Carl Folke

Gebundenes Buch

Water Resilience for Human Prosperity

Beschreibung

Human-driven biosphere changes demand new consideration of water resources as part of global sustainability. This book focuses on building socio-ecological resilience and sustaining ecosystem services in the face of emerging water challenges. A state-of-the-art resource for academic researchers, water resource professionals, and graduate students studying water resource governance and management.

Autor

Johan Rockström is the Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and a leading scientist on global water resources and sustainable development. He has more than 15 years' experience of research on agriculture, water resources and ecosystem services, and over 100 research publications with more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and several books in the fields of global environmental change, resilience and sustainability, agricultural water management, global water resources and food production. He has served as advisor to several international organizations and governments. Professor Rockström currently serves on many international committees and boards, including leading the ICSU task team on the future vision for global change research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9781107024199
• ISBN-10: 1107024196
• Artikelnr.: 39634223