Foreword / Reizo Utagawa -- Preface / Asit K. Biswas -- pt. I. The Amazon river basin. 1. Sustainable water-resources development of the Amazon basin / B. Braga, E. Salati and H. Mattos de Lemos. 2. The Amazon policy of Colombia / Fabio Torrijos Quintero. 3. The Amazon Cooperation Treaty: A mechanism for cooperation and sustainable development / Manuel Picasso Botto -- pt. II. The Plata river basin. 4. The hydrology of the Upper Paraguay basin / Carlos E.M. Tucci, Fernando Genz and Robin T. Clarke. 5. Water-resources management of the Plata basin / Victor Pochat
Summary
"Increasing populations, the environmental stresses of economic development, and water-related public health risks make sustainable water management increasingly complex. As per-capita demand for water in developing countries is steadily increasing, analysis indicates that the cost of future water source development will be double to triple the cost of similar projects in the current decade."--BOOK JACKET. "This book gathers expert analyses of issues surrounding three of Latin America's largest and most important rivers, including inter-state and intra-state conflicts over their fair and sustainable use."--Provided by publisher