Thristy planet: Strategies for water management/
Constance Elizabeth Hunt
- London: Zed Books, 2004.
- xiv, 302 p. 24 cm.
Riding the water cycle : water cycle dynamics and freshwater ecosystems -- Spiralling towards a crisis : water use and growing shortages -- To feed the world : food supply and the water cycle -- A thirsty planet : water supply and sanitation in a water-short world -- When it rains, it pours : water management for flood damage reduction -- Arteries of commerce : inland waterways and the water cycle -- A warmer world : the interrelationships between global warming and the water cycle -- When the water cycle breaks down : the potential for restoration -- Avenues of governance : institutional options for protecting the water cycle.
9781842772423
Water-supply -- Management. Water use. Nature conservation.