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Grow in Concert with Nature - Sustaining East Asia's Water Resources Management Through Green Water Defense (Paperback, New)
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Grow in Concert with Nature - Sustaining East Asia's Water Resources Management Through Green Water Defense (Paperback, New)
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Water scarcity is increasingly becoming a threat to water security
in different countries or areas of East Asia, driven by water
over-withdrawal and pollution, and aggravated by climate change and
variability. The `Green Water Defense in East Asia' study, as part
of the driver for green growth in the water sector of East Asia
region, seeks to find a sustainable solution to this challenge. The
concept of Green Water Defense (GWD) is developed building on such
principles as `live and build with nature', `green adaptation',
`produce more with less' and `low impact development', etc. It is
defined by the authors as `Green Water Defense (GWD) is an adaptive
management philosophy and approach which seeks to spatially
integrate natural forces and artificial interventions, and to
balance incentive-based and supply-driven measures, with minimum
footprints and externalities in providing water services and
managing related climate risk.' This report provides a brief
account of the water resources and climate trend in the region,
puts forward a conceptual framework of GWD based on a model of
three spatial layers, namely, ecological base layer, an occupation
(or land and water use) layer and an infrastructure (network) layer
in the middle. The GWD serves as the media to integrate the
interactions among three layers such that the water resources
development and management are sustained. Based on the GWD concept
framework, a menu list of GWD measures are formulated, and a set of
emerging best practices for adaptive water scarcity management are
identified through case studies (Australia, Israel, Spain and
China). In an effort to apply the GWD concept and approach in East
Asia, the report depicts a roadmap, with a general process, focus
for different spatial scales and a practical example to illustrate
where to start and how to apply these best practice approach and
GWD measures in addressing water scarcity management issue in a
client country.
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