Water resilience for human prosperity /
The world's human population now constitutes the largest driving force of changes to the biosphere. Emerging water challenges require new ideas for governance and management of water resources in the context of rapid global change. This book presents a new approach to water resources, addressin...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; 1. The role played by water in the biosphere; 2. Human modification of the earth's system; 3. Risk for unexpected changes in the earth system; 4. Crucial functioning of and human dependence on the global water system; 5. Water for feeding humanity by 2050; 6. A closer view on the tropical savannas; 7. Securing landscape regulating ecological services; 8. Required transformation of water governance; 9. Pathway to the future; References; Index.