Water
-
Add to Wish List
![Mega-Dams and Indigenous Human Rights]()
Mega-Dams and Indigenous Human Rights
Itzchak Kornfeld
This original and insightful book explores and examines the impact that building mega-dams has on the human rights of those living in surrounding areas, and in particular those of indigenous peoples who are often most affected. Compiling...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
![Global Environmental Governance and Small States]()
Global Environmental Governance and Small States
Michelle Scobie
Global Environmental Governance gives the perspectives of small states on some of the most important issues of the anthropocene, from trade, climate change and energy security to tourism, marine governance, and heritage. Providing an in ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
![Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations]()
Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations
Edited by Mara Tignino, Christian Bréthaut
Recent decades have seen pivotal changes in the management and protection of water resources, with human rights, environmental and water law each developing a strong interest in the conservation of fresh water. This surge in interest has...eBook:Find out more$65.00
-
Add to Wish List
![Tapping the Oceans]()
Tapping the Oceans
Edited by Joe Williams, Erik Swyngedouw
Increasingly, water-stressed cities are looking to the oceans to fix unreliable, contested and over-burdened water supply systems. Desalination technologies are, however, also becoming the focus of intense political disagreements about t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
![Water Supply in a Mega-City]()
Water Supply in a Mega-City
Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang
With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much needed analysis of how cities should manage this precious resource. Integrating the environmental, economic, po...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
![The Water-Sustainable City]()
The Water-Sustainable City
David L. Feldman
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water fr...eBook:Find out more$39.16
-
Add to Wish List
![Water Resource Management and the Law]()
Water Resource Management and the Law
Edited by Erkki J. Hollo
Scarcity of water, floods and erosion caused by climate change have made the management of water resources a challenge to national and international actors worldwide. States have also initiated water projects to improve social welfare, o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
![Handbook of Water Economics]()
Handbook of Water Economics
Edited by Ariel Dinar, Kurt Schwabe
Water scarcity, whether in the quality or quantity dimension, afflicts most countries. Decisions on water management and allocation over time, space, and among uses and users involve economic considerations. This Handbook assembles resea...eBook:Find out more$67.96
-
Add to Wish List
![Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans]()
Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans
Edited by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Lisa E. Svensson, Anil Markandya
The trans-disciplinary thematic areas of oceans management and policy require stocktaking of the state of knowledge on ecosystem services being derived from coastal and marine areas. Recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
-
Add to Wish List
![Water Allocation in Rivers under Pressure]()
Water Allocation in Rivers under Pressure
Dustin Evan Garrick
Water trading and river basin governance have been upheld as institutional blueprints for allocating water for people, agriculture and ecosystems in a changing climate. Progress has been uneven, however, despite multiple decades of insti...eBook:Find out more$39.16
-
Add to Wish List
![Water and the Law]()
Water and the Law
Edited by Michael Kidd, Loretta Feris, Tumai Murombo, Alejandro Iza
Water and the Law examines the critical relationship between law and the management of water resources in the context of ensuring environmental sustainability. It highlights the central importance of integrated water resources management...eBook:Find out more$53.56
-
Add to Wish List
![Wine and Economics]()
Wine and Economics
Denton Marks
What is distinctive about the economics of wine? Wine’s health benefits stir debate, but many appreciate life-enhancing qualities from its production and enjoyment. Few products enjoy such wide distribution, rich history, and interest. T...eBook:Find out more$43.96
