Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Godfrey, Jayne M

Title Water Accounting : International Approaches to Policy and Decision-making
Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub., 2012

Copies

Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contributors; Acronyms and abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Water accounting systems; 1. Beyond the hydrographers' legacy: water accounting in Australia; 2. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: development, implementation and use; 3. Water Footprint Accounting; 4. Water accounting to assess use and productivity of water: evolution of a concept and new frontiers; PART II Application and evaluation of water accounting systems; 5. Water accounting in mining and minerals processing
6. Potential for the application of General Purpose Water Accounting in South Africa7. Potential role of standardized water accounting in Spanish basins; 8. Development and application of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water in China; 9. Two perspectives of water resource accounting: comparing the Australian and the United Nations approaches; PART III Contemporary issues addressed by water accounting; 10. The impossible planetary trust: intergenerational equity, long-term investment and water governance and regulation
11. Water accounting, corporate sustainability and the public interest12. Water accounting and conflict mitigation; 13. The role of a water accounting system in the avoidance and resolution of international water disputes; 14. Water accounting issues in California; 15. Accounting for water rights in the western United States; Conclusion; Index
Summary One of the most pressing global issues of the 21st Century is the scarcity of water of a quantity appropriate to ensure economic, environmental and social sustainability. In addressing the issue through policy and management, of critical importance is access to high quality information. But water scarcity has many implications, and it is possible that different reporting approaches, generally called water accounting systems, can be appropriate to addressing them. In this groundbreaking book, international experts respond to the question: what role can water accounting play in resolving individ
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Water-supply -- Accounting -- Congresses
Water resources development -- Congresses
Water consumption -- Economic aspects -- Congresses
Water-supply -- Government policy -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Water consumption -- Economic aspects
Water resources development
Water-supply -- Accounting
Water-supply -- Government policy
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Chalmers, Keryn
ISBN 9781849807500
1849807507
1849807493
9781849807494