Water for food in a changing world
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | London New York |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy ; 2 |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 333 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780415619110 (hb) 0415619114 (hb) 9780203828410 (eb) 0203828410 (eb) |
Index Number: | TV213 |
CLC: | TV213.4 |
Call Number: | TV213.4/W324-6 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Water for food in a changing world / Robert Sandford -- Optimising water productivity in food production / Elias Fereres -- Modern agricultural under stress : lessons from the Murray Darling in Australia / Wendy Craik and James Cleaver -- Integrated watershed management / Akissa Bahri ... [et al.] -- Lessons from Spain : a critical of assessment of the role of science and society / Alberto Garrido and Ana Iglesias -- Integrating agricultural water use with the global water budget / Malin Falkenmarkt and Johan Rockstro m -- Globalisation of water through virtual water trade / Hong Yang -- Balancing water for people and nature / Uriel Safriel -- Optimising water for life / Daniel Loucks -- Water science and policy in a changing world : implications of non-stationary hydrology, ecolomics and politics / John Briscoe -- Promises under construction : the evolving paradigm for water governance and the case of northern Mexico / Margaret Wilder -- Beyond universal remedies for good water governance : a political and contextual approach / Helen Ingram -- Water policies in Spain : balancing water for food and water for nature / Consuelo Varela-Ortega -- Can the world feed itself sustainably? / Alberto Garrido, Helen Ingram and Robert Sandford. |