This unique, engaging, and highly authoritative volume enlightens
readers on changes needed in the way society accesses, provides,
and uses water. It further shines a light on changes needed in the
way we use food, energy, and other goods and services in relation
to water, and offers projections and recommendations, up to 2050,
that apply to water access challenges facing the poor and the
common misuse of water in industry, agriculture, and
municipalities. Written by an unparalleled slate of experts
convened by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the book takes on
one of the most critical issues on the planet today. In a frank yet
optimistic assessment of major developmental chal lenges, but also
opportunities, facing future generations, the author elucidates
linkages between water and a range of other drivers from various
disciplinary and stakeholder perspectives. Ultimately portraying
the belief that Humanity can harness its visionary abilities,
technologies, and economic resources for increased wellbeing and
sound stewardship of resources, the book presents an optimistic
statement stressing actions scientists, policy makers, and
consumers can and must take to meet the water man agement
challenges of a warming planet anticipating nine billion
inhabitants by 2050. Gulbenkian Think Tank on Water and the Future
of Humanity: Benedito Braga, Pres. World Water Council & Prof.
of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Colin Chatres,
Director General of the International Water Management Institute,
Sri Lanka; William J. Cosgrove, Pres. of Ecoconsult Inc. &
Senior Adviser for the UN World Water Development Report, Canada;
Luis Veiga da Cunha, Prof. Environmental Science and Engineering,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Peter Gleick, Pres. of the
Pacific Institute, USA; Pavel Kabat, Director, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria; and Prof. &
Chair, Earth Systems Science, Wageningen University, The
Netherlands; Mohamed Ait Kadi, President of the General Council of
Agricultural Development, Morocco; Daniel P. Loucks, Prof. of Civil
Engineering, Cornell Univ. USA; Jan Lundqvist, Senior Scientific
Advisor, Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden; Sunita
Narain, Director, Center for Science & Environment, New Delhi,
India; Jun Xia, Pres., International Water Resources Association,
Chair Prof. & Dean, The Research Institute for Water Security
(RIWS), Wuhan University, China.
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