The World's Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report On Freshwater ResourcesIsland Press, 1998 - 319 pages The quality and availability of fresh water is of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. The World's Water 1998-1999 is a comprehensive reference on worldwide freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It provides both detailed analysis of the most significant trends and events and the most up-to-date data available on water resources and their use. Chapters examine: access to basic water requirements for drinking and sanitation hydropower and dam construction water law water and conflict water and global climate change international water institutions and activities. The book features more than fifty charts, tables, and maps that present the most current data on a range of factors including: the availability and use of water; numbers of threatened and endangered aquatic species, dam and desalination capacity worldwide; trends in several devastating water-borne diseases; changes by region in global precipitation patterns since 1900; and much more. To be published on a biennial basis, The World's Water will be an essential reference for water resources specialists with both government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, resource economists, planners, public policy and public administration experts, environmental lawyers, students and anyone concerned with water issues. |
Contents
ONE The Changing Water Paradigm | 5 |
TWO Water and Human Health | 39 |
The End | 69 |
FOUR Conflict and Cooperation Over | 105 |
Reducing the Risk of WaterRelated Conflict | 113 |
Water Disputes in Southern Africa | 119 |
APPENDIX | 125 |
References | 132 |
WATER BRIEFS | 193 |
DATA SECTION | 235 |
Freshwater Withdrawal by Country and Sector | 241 |
Percentage of Population with Access to Safe | 251 |
Access to Safe Drinking Water in Developing Countries | 261 |
Reported Cholera Cases and Deaths by Country | 268 |
Reported Cholera Cases and Deaths in the Americas | 271 |
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The World's Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report On Freshwater Resources Peter H. Gleick No preview available - 1998 |
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