| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Foreword; Soft Path Approach in Water Resources Management and Policy Reform; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Why a Water Soft Path, and Why Now; Part I Water Soft Paths as Human Vision; Chapter 2 Avoiding the Perfect Storm: Weathering Climate Change by Following its Effects on Water Resources; Chapter 3 In the Beginning: Soft Energy Paths; Chapter 4 Getting it Right: Misconceptions About the Soft Path |
| Summary |
Demand for water is one of the major challenges of the current century, but past approaches are no longer sufficient. Based on the "soft path" approach to the energy sector, a transition is now under way to a soft path for water. This approach starts by ensuring that ecosystem needs for water are satisfied and then undertakes a radical approach to reducing human uses of water by economic and social incentives, including open decision-making, water markets and equitable pricing, and the application of super-efficient technology, all applied in ways that avoid jeopardizing quality of leaf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water resources development -- Environmental aspects.
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Water-supply -- Management -- Environmental aspects
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
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Water resources development -- Environmental aspects
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Water-supply -- Management -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brooks, David B., 1934-
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Brandes, Oliver M., 1972-
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Gurman, Stephen.
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| ISBN |
9781849770125 |
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1849770123 |
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9781849713085 |
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1849713081 |
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