How can the Eartha (TM)s finite water resources be managed
sustainably to meet the growing needs of humans and of nature in
ways that avert the looming crisis? The need to find answers to
this question has exercised the minds of many scientists,
practitioners and policymakers who recognise the urgency of the
problems. These concerns have spawned a number of international
research initiatives and programs, prominent representatives of
which met to review progress and exchange views at an international
conference in Bonn, Germany in February 2005.
The pressing water problems must clearly be tackled from an
integrated perspective taking into account environmental, human and
technological factors and especially their interdependence. The key
papers in this volume from the Bonn conference focus on the
challenges of integrated assessment of water resources in the
context of global change. The growing gap between North and South
is also addressed, in terms not only of access to water and its
quality, but also of the capacity to do research and implement
solutions.
The coverage of the papers is up-to-date and comprehensive.
Highlights include emerging concepts such as blue and green water,
virtual water, the water footprints of nations, multi-agent
modelling, linkages between water and biodiversity, and social
learning and adaptive management.
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