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Water Supply in a Mega-City - A Political Ecology Analysis of Shanghai (Hardcover): Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian... Water Supply in a Mega-City - A Political Ecology Analysis of Shanghai (Hardcover)
Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang
R3,208 Discovery Miles 32 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much needed analysis of how cities should manage this precious resource. Integrating the environmental, economic, political and socio-cultural dimensions of water management, the authors outline how future mega-city systems can maintain a high quality of life for its residents. With the rapidly evolving and wealthy Shanghai as the key example, the paradox between the wealth of a city and the quality of its water is uncovered. With a multidisciplinary and multi-scale analysis, the supply of water to cities is discussed in the context of rivers, households, corporations, government and infrastructures. Chapters include the influence of household water use, the political economy of water management, the sources and management of pollution, catchment dynamics, and a Bayesian model for calculating future demand. This comprehensive study shows how essential water management will be to new, developing and expanding cities in the foreseeable future. Water Supply in a Mega-City will be of interest to researchers from across social, natural and engineering sciences interested in the theoretical and practical management of this essential resource in large cities, as well as those interested in the way cities respond to changing environmental conditions.

Climate Change and Small Island States - Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific (Paperback): Jon Barnett, John Campbell Climate Change and Small Island States - Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific (Paperback)
Jon Barnett, John Campbell
R1,493 Discovery Miles 14 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.

Climate Change and Small Island States - Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific (Hardcover): Jon Barnett, John Campbell Climate Change and Small Island States - Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific (Hardcover)
Jon Barnett, John Campbell
R3,995 Discovery Miles 39 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause c l bre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow.This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.

The Meaning of Environmental Security - Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security Era (Paperback): Jon Barnett The Meaning of Environmental Security - Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security Era (Paperback)
Jon Barnett
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Concern over environmental degradation has impacted in many other areas, including notions of security in international relations. The problem, as this author cogently argues, is that the concept of environmental security, which has become so popular since the end of the Cold War, has been highjacked by traditionalist scholars and the military. They take it to mean simply that environmental problems can threaten national security. They worry about a new generation of violent conflicts growing out of struggles over scarce natural resources. This book suggests a more humane and radical interpretation: environmental security should be seen as only one dimension of the wider problem of human security where the livelihoods, health and welfare of people are being undermined by environmental degradation.

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