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1 online resource (376 pages) |
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Earthscan Water Text |
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Earthscan Water Text
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| Contents |
Cover; Water Security; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part I Frameworks and Approaches to Water Security; 1 Introduction: A Battle of Ideas for Water Security; 2 The Web of Sustainable Water Security; 3 The Water Security Paradox and International Law: Securitisation as an Obstacle to Achieving Water Security and the Role of Law in Desecuritising the World's Most Precious Resource; Part II Perspectives and Principles; 4 Debating the Concept of Water Security; 5 The Multiform Water Scarcity Dimension; 6 Water Security in a Changing Climate |
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7 The Role of Cities as Drivers of International Transboundary Water Management Processes8 The Water-Energy Nexus: Meeting Growing Demand in a Resource-Constrained World; 9 Water Security for Ecosystems, Ecosystems for Water Security; 10 From Water Productivity to Water Security: A Paradigm Shift?; 11 Transboundary Water Security: Reviewing the Importance of National Regulatory and Accountability Capacities in International Transboundary River Basins; Part III Water Security as Practice Debates; 12 Easy as 1, 2, 3? Political and Technical Considerations for Designing Water Security Indicators |
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13 Water Security Risk and Response: The Logic and Limits of Economic Instruments14 Corporate Water Stewardship: Exploring Private Sector Engagement in Water Security; 15 The Shotgun Marriage: Water Security, Cultural Politics, and Forced Engagements between Official and Local Rights Frameworks; 16 Infrastructure Hydromentalities: Water Sharing, Water Control, and Water (In)security; 17 The Strategic Dimensions of Water: From National Security to Sustainable Security; 18 Dances with Wolves: Four Flood Security Frames; 19 Household Water Security and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation |
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Part IV Conclusion20 Food-Water Security: Beyond Water Resources and the Water Sector; 21 A Synthesis Chapter: The Incodys Water Security Model; Index |
| Summary |
The purpose of this book is to present an overview of the latest research, policy, practitioner, academic and international thinking on water security-an issue that, like water governance a few years ago, has developed much policy awareness and momentum with a wide range of stakeholders. As a concept it is open to multiple interpretations, and the authors here set out the various approaches to the topic from different perspectives. Key themes addressed include: Water security as a foreign policy issue The interconnected variables of water, food, and human secur |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Water resources development.
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Water security.
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Water-supply -- Government policy
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water resources development.
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Water resources development
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Water security
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Water-supply -- Government policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bakker, Karen
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Zeitoun, Mark
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Conway, Declan
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| ISBN |
9781136285868 |
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1136285865 |
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