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The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy
Ken Conca
Erika Weinthal
出版
Oxford University Press
, 2018
主題
Business & Economics / Real Estate / General
Business & Economics / Industries / Energy
Nature / Natural Resources
Political Science / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / Political Process / General
Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Science / Environmental Science
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Waste Management
ISBN
0199335087
9780199335084
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GsBEDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Water is a basic human need and a scarce commodity with increasing value to farmers, industries, and cities in an urbanizing world. It is unpredictable in supply and quality, difficult to contain or direct, and notoriously difficult to manage well. Several trends -- climate change, the endurance of widespread global water poverty, intensifying competition among rival uses and users, and the vulnerability of critical freshwater ecosystems -- combine to intensify the challenges of governing water wisely, fairly, and efficiently. The twenty-seven chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy address such issues over the course of seven thematic sections. These themes reflect familiar frameworks in the water policy world, including water, poverty, and health; water and nature; and water equity and justice. Other sections look at emergent and contentious policy arenas, including the water/energy/food nexus and management of uncertainty in water supply, or connect well-established strands in new ways, including sections on water tools (water price and value, supply and demand, privatization, corporate responsibility) and issues surrounding transboundary waters. This volume conceives of water as a global issue, and gathers a diverse group of leading scholars of water politics and policy.