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Water Resources A New Water Architecture

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

08.09.2017

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

24,6/17,3/2,3 cm

Gewicht

771 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-79390-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

08.09.2017

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

24,6/17,3/2,3 cm

Gewicht

771 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-79390-9

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Series Editor Foreword - Challenges in Water Management xi
    Foreword xiii
    Preface xv
    Acknowledgements xvii
    List of Abbreviations xix
    Units and Conversion xxi
    Glossary xxiii

    Part I Setting the Scene 1

    1 Water Resources in the Twenty-First Century 3
    1.1 A Looming Crisis 3
    1.2 Human Interactions with Water in the Biosphere 4
    1.3 An Inspiring Challenge 6

    2 Fundamentals of Water Management 7
    2.1 The Planetary Picture 7
    2.2 Evolution of Water Resource Systems 11
    2.3 Water, Society and the Biosphere 26

    Part II Stresses and Strains 41

    3 Key Concepts 43
    3.1 Water Fluxes in Space and Time 43
    3.2 Mechanisms of Human Interaction with Water Fluxes 45
    3.3 Water Stress and Water Scarcity 47
    3.4 Virtual Water and the Water Footprint 49
    3.5 Live, Eat, Consume: The Conceptual Framework of Water Stress and Virtual Water 58

    4 Live 63
    4.1 Introduction 63
    4.2 Water and Energy 63
    4.3 Urbanisation 86

    5 Eat 117
    5.1 The Hidden Water in Food 118
    5.2 An Increasingly Important Problem 124
    5.3 How to Respond to the Water/Food Conundrum 135

    6 Consume 156
    6.1 Impact of Consumerism on Water Management 156
    6.2 Water Use in Industry: Which Sectors Use the Most? 158
    6.3 Water Use in Industry: Which Activities Use the Most? 161
    6.4 Water Risk: Recognising the Magnitude of the Problem 170
    6.5 Water Risk: Defining and Quantifying the Risk 173
    6.6 Managing Risks and Seizing Opportunities: The Path to Maturity 181

    Part III Existing Water Architecture 195

    7 Existing Management of Water Resources 197
    7.1 Governance 197
    7.2 Structure of Water Management 198
    7.3 The Role of Policy in Decision Making 201
    7.4 Types of Policy and their Development 202
    7.5 The Rise of Decentralisation and Consultation 209
    7.6 Regulation of Water Management 210
    7.7 Regulatory Models 218
    7.8 Regulatory Phases: Unregulated versus Highly Regulated 219
    7.9 Governance Silos 223
    7.10 Breaking the Silos and Integrating Water Supply Policy 224
    7.11 Evolution of Integrated Water Resource Management 227
    7.12 Traditional Water Planning Responsibilities versus a Corporate-Driven 'Water Risk' Agenda 231
    7.13 Summary 231

    8 Ownership and Investment 237
    8.1 Public versus Private Ownership Models 237
    8.2 Investment Models and the Economics of Water Management 241
    8.3 Summary 246

    Part IV Moving to a New Water Architecture 249

    9 Challenges and Opportunities 251
    9.1 A New Water Architecture: An Introduction 251
    9.2 Challenges 252
    9.3 Opportunities 255
    9.4 A Systems Approach to Water Management 260

    10 Conceptual Integration 266
    10.1 Societal View of the Value of Water 267
    10.2 Water as an Under-Valued Resource: The Consequences 269
    10.3 Moving to Conceptual Integration 270

    11 Institutional Integration 273
    11.1 Requirements for Delivering Integrated Solutions 273
    11.2 The Challenges of Delivering Integrated Solutions 276
    11.3 The Role of Governments 277
    11.4 The Importance of Education 281
    11.5 The Role of Private Organisations 283
    11.6 The Importance of Knowledge Transfer and the Benefits of the Digital Revolution 285
    11.7 The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations 287
    11.8 How to Finance Change 287
    11.9 Conclusions: Institutional Enablers 289

    12 Physical Integration 293
    12.1 The Need for Change 294
    12.2 Integrating Green and Grey Infrastructure to Slow Down Water 299
    12.3 The Storage Continuum 301
    12.4 Creating Hybrid Water Management Systems 305
    12.5 Circular Systems that Transform 'Wastes' to 'Resources' 308
    12.6 Conclusions 312
    References 313

    13 A Way Forward 316
    13.1 Conceptual Integration 316
    13.2 Institutional Integration 318
    13.3 Physical Integration 319
    13.4 Summary 320

    Index 321