Water Resilience for Human Prosperity

Water Resilience for Human Prosperity
ISBN-10
1139867601
ISBN-13
9781139867603
Category
Science
Language
English
Published
2014-03-27
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Johan Rockström, Malin Falkenmark

Description

The world's human population now constitutes the largest driving force of changes to the biosphere. Emerging water challenges require new ideas for governance and management of water resources in the context of rapid global change. This book presents a new approach to water resources, addressing global sustainability and focusing on socio-ecological resilience to changes. Topics covered include the risks of unexpected change, human impacts and dependence on global water, the prospects for feeding the world's population by 2050, and a pathway for the future. The book's innovative and integrated approach links green and blue freshwater with terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem functions and use. It also links changes arising from land-use alteration with the impacts of those changes on social-ecological systems and ecosystem services. This is an important, state-of-the-art resource for academic researchers and water resource professionals, and a key reference for graduate students studying water resource governance and management.

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