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Water Resource Management in a Vulnerable World - The Hydro-Hazardscapes of Climate Change (Hardcover)
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Water Resource Management in a Vulnerable World - The Hydro-Hazardscapes of Climate Change (Hardcover)
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Access to water, and the threat of climate change, are two of the
most challenging issues for our planet. A global population now
exceeding 7 billion people, together with growing numbers of
countries adopting a more water intensive lifestyle, are placing
increased demands upon the world's water resources, whilst global
climate change promises rising sea levels and increased flooding in
some of the world's most densely populated regions. How are we to
address the twin challenge of global water sufficiency and future
climate change? Existing attempts to improve the management of
local water resources, and to alleviate the hazard of flooding,
have often fallen short of the desired result: attempts by
governments and NGOs to provide modern solutions, for example, have
created unforeseen problems adversely affecting future water
resources and leading to increased vulnerability to crises. Daanish
Mustafa's important new book outlines the need to develop an
integrative approach. He introduces the concept of
hydro-hazardscape to show how the diverse social groups affected by
a hazard may view it differently, with the result that their view
of the potential threat may also differ. It is only by adopting an
approach that is attentive to the complexities and multiple values
of water in the communities affected, that we may hope for any
measure of success. Drawing upon a range of international examples
from South Asia, Central America, the Caucuses and the USA, at
scales ranging from the local to basin wide, the author shows how
the hydro-hazardscape approach will help negotiate not only the
existing challenges of equity and environmental quality but also
that of long-term sustainability in a future filled with climate
change.
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