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Water: A way of life - Sustainable water management in a cultural context (Paperback)
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Water: A way of life - Sustainable water management in a cultural context (Paperback)
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Why do many water management projects, begun with the best of
intentions, still fail? How is it that large infrastructural water
works often encounter opposition? Is it perhaps, among other
things, the lack of attention for the cultural context? These and
other intriguing questions are dealt with in this book. The
authors, having 20 years of experience on water and sanitation in
an international context, have investigated the relationship
between water and culture world-wide in order to find new keys to
successful and sustainable water management. This book is based on
extensive research and is intended to form a cultural road towards
new sustainable water management practices. "Water: a way of life"
takes the reader on a water journey through time and across the
world's continents. Along the way it explains the past and present
ways in which different cultures around the world, both traditional
and modern, view and manage water in response to the distinct
environment they inhabit. As beliefs and values are at the heart of
any culture, it also highlights the views of the main world
religions on water and its use. A better understanding of cultural
water beliefs and practices may lead to new concepts for future
sustainable water management - from flood management to water
supply, sanitation and irrigation management. The book will be
useful to water professionals exporting knowledge and technologies
to foreign countries where the challenge is to create sustainable
solutions for water management by taking into account local,
cultural factors. It is also intended to encourage world leaders,
politicians and decision-makers responsible for water management to
use their power, knowledge and influence to really make a change
for the benefit of the people they represent. In this way, water
can become a source of cooperation rather than a source of
conflict. The authors trust that this book, about water and
culture, intended for a truly international audience, will be a
source of inspiration.
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