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Water First
SAGE India 2008; US$ 49.95This book outlines the contemporary issues and challenges that confront both the. nations and the communities of the South Asian region, particularly India, where. control over water has always been a symbol of social and political power. It. explores the adequacy of the competing and/or complementary explanations for these. daunting challenges of... more...
The Nepal-India Water Relationship
Springer 2009; US$ 169.99Offers a guide to the entire spectrum of water resources relationship between Nepal and India. This title includes: historical perspective, economic and development issues, flooding, hydropower and energy trading, seaport access via canals and waterways and personal reflections of the power interplay between the countries, and an epilogue. more...
Planet Water
Wiley 2009; US$ 39.95Solving the world's water problems is proving to be one of the greatest investment opportunities of our time. Already, world water supplies are inadequate to meet demand, and the problem is going to get much worse in the years ahead. The World Bank estimates that 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and about 50 percent of the world's... more...
Water, Ecosystems and Society
SAGE India 2009; US$ 29.95This book is an articulation of the much needed paradigm shift in the knowledge base for water systems management. It discusses the ecological and socio-economic dimensions of water, inclusion of which in sustainable and integrated water systems management has become essential the world over. It is path-breaking in terms of its conceptualisation since... more...
The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 155.00This book aims to show that economics in general and non-market valuation methods in particular, together with participatory and engineering tools, can facilitate the design and implementation of the different European policies in relation to mitigation of water stress. The results presented in this book derive from AquaStress, an EU funded integrated... more...
The Evolution of Water Resource Planning and Decision Making
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 60.00Presents a review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice that offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. This book explores the evolution of water related analytical capabilities and institutions. more...
Integrated Water Resources Management
SAGE India 2006; US$ 69.95Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has become the international label for the new approach to water resources management. This volume, and in fact the entire series, investigates how this global concept resonates with regional, national and local concerns in South Asia. This is the first volume in a new series under the aegis... more...
Water, Environmental Security and Sustainable Rural Development
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 155.00This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia. Using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop, the chapters in this volume combine solid empirical investigation with critical analysis of key... more...
Water
SAGE India 2003; US$ 78.95This book discusses and analyses several interlinked themes related to crucial aspects and many dimensions of water resources. The author draws upon his administrative experience, as well as his academic work after retirement, to present a lucid view of the issues affecting water resources while critically reviewing policy and constitutional provisions. more...
Paradise, Losing
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95This is a unique, interdisciplinary study of potential solutions to the problem of diminished water supplies in the Eastern Mediterranean. The work demonstrates the need for integrated legal, social and scientific management systems, which are appropriate to each country's stage of development. The suggested solutions are not only applicable to... more...









