Hunt, Constance Elizabeth

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.

553.7 / HUN/T