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The quality and availability of fresh water is of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. The World's Water 1998-1999 is a comprehensive reference on worldwide freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It provides both detailed analysis of the most significant trends and events and the most up-to-date data available on water resources and their use. Chapters examine:
access to basic water requirements for drinking and sanitation hydropower and dam construction water law water and conflict water and global climate change international water institutions and activities.
The book features more than fifty charts, tables, and maps that present the most current data on a range of factors including: the availability and use of water; numbers of threatened and endangered aquatic species, dam and desalination capacity worldwide; trends in several devastating water-borne diseases; changes by region in global precipitation patterns since 1900; and much more.
To be published on a biennial basis, The World's Water will be an essential reference for water resources specialists with both government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, resource economists, planners, public policy and public administration experts, environmental lawyers, students and anyone concerned with water issues.
Foreword \ Anne H. and Paul R. Ehrlich Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. The Changing Water Paradigm -Twentieth-Century Water-Resources Development -The Changing Nature of Demand -Economics of Major Water Projects -Meeting Water Demands in the Next Century -Summary: New Thinking, New Actions -References
Chapter 2. Water and Human Health -Water Supply and Sanitation: Falling Behind -Basic Human Needs for Water -Water-Related Diseases -Update on Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm) -Update on Cholera -Summary -References
Chapter 3. The Status of Large Dams: The End of an Era? -Environmental and Social Impacts of Large Dams -New Developments in the Dam Debate -The Three Gorges Project, Yangtze River, China -The Lesotho Highlands Project, Senqu River Basin, Lesotho -References
Chapter 4. Conflict and Cooperation Over Fresh Water -Conflicts Over Shared Water Resources -Reducing the Risk of Water-Related Conflict -The Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty of 1994 -The Ganges-Brahmaputra Rivers: Conflict and Agreement -Water Disputes in Southern Africa -Summary -Appendix A. Chronology of Conflict Over Water in the Legends, Myths, and History of the Ancient Middle East -Appendix B. Chronology of Conflict Over Water: 1500 to the Present -References
Chapter 5. Climate Change and Water Resources: What Does the Future Hold? -What Do We Know? -Hydrologic Effects of Climate Change -Societal Impacts of Changes in Water Resources -Is the Hydrologic System Showing Signs of Change? -Recommendations and Conclusions -References
Chapter 6. New Water Laws, New Water Institutions -Water Law and Policy in the New South Africa: A Move Toward Equity -The Global Water Partnership -The World Water Council -The World Commission on Dams -References
Chapter 7. Moving Toward a Sustainable Vision for the Earth's Fresh Water -Introduction -A Vision for 2050: Sustaining Our Waters
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"Dr. Gleick has once again produced the essential book on water. The 2004-2005 edition will be an indispensable addition to our bookshelf."
