Climate Change and Its Effects on Water Resources: Issues of National and Global Security - Couverture rigide

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9789400711426: Climate Change and Its Effects on Water Resources: Issues of National and Global Security
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ISBN 10 : 9400711425 ISBN 13 : 9789400711426
Editeur : Springer, 2011

Synopsis

National and global security can be assessed in many ways but one underlying factor for all humanity is access to reliable sources of water for drinking, sanitation, food production and manufacturing industry. In many parts of the world, population growth and an escalating demand for water already threaten the sustainable management of available water supplies. Global warming, climate change and rising sea level are expected to intensify the resource sustainability issue in many water-stressed regions of the world by reducing the annual supply of renewable fresh water and promoting the intrusion of saline water into aquifers along sea coasts, where 50% of the global population reside. Pro-active resource management decisions are required, but such efforts would be futile unless reliable predictions can be made about the impact of the changing global conditions on the water cycle and the quality and availability of critical water reserves. Addressing this wide spectrum of issues, a team of expert authors discusses here the impacts of climate change on the global water resources, the long-term resource management goals at global and local scales, the data requirements and the scientific and technical advances necessary to mitigate the associated impacts.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

As demographics and rising demand threaten the sustainability of water supplies, pro-active decisions on resource management are desperately needed. This volume collates expert contributions on a range of relevant issues such as data collection.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9400711425
ISBN 13 
9789400711426
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
334
Éditeur
Baba Alper, Tayfur Gökmen, Gündüz Orhan, Howard Ken W.F., Friedel Michael J., Chambel Antonio
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9789400711457: Climate Change and its Effects on Water Resources: Issues of National and Global Security

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ISBN 10 :  940071145X ISBN 13 :  9789400711457
Editeur : Springer, 2011
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