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Perspectives on Water: Constructing Alternative Narratives
Lydia Powell (Ed.)
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Description for Perspectives on Water: Constructing Alternative Narratives
Hardcover. Editor(s): Powell, Lydia; Mittra, Sonali. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Stressing the importance of sustainable water use, this volume touches upon the broader discourses of water challenges, incorporating different disciplinary perceptions ranging from social to environmental sciences. Discussing how the ecological, social, and economic benefits that freshwater systems provide and the trade-off between consumptive and on-stream benefits remain contested, this collection of narratives calls for a global perspective on sustainable water use with an exclusive emphasis on better management of shared river basins and individual water sheds.
Stressing the importance of sustainable water use, this volume touches upon the broader discourses of water challenges, incorporating different disciplinary perceptions ranging from social to environmental sciences. Discussing how the ecological, social, and economic benefits that freshwater systems provide and the trade-off between consumptive and on-stream benefits remain contested, this collection of narratives calls for a global perspective on sustainable water use with an exclusive emphasis on better management of shared river basins and individual water sheds.
Product Details
Publisher
Academic Foundation
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ghaziabad, India
ISBN
9788171889709
SKU
V9788171889709
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About Lydia Powell (Ed.)
Lydia Powell is an employee of the Observer Research Foundation, Center for Resources Management, and the editor of the ORF Energy News Monitor. Sonali Mittra is a researcher with interest in policy research associated with water development and sustainability. She has been working with the Resources Management team in the Observer Research Foundation with a focus on ... Read more
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