| Managing Water Resources: Past and Present: The Linacre Lectures 2002 Contributor(s): Trottier, Julie (Editor), Slack, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199267642 ISBN-13: 9780199267644 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: A multi-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of water politics and policy by an international team of distinguished experts. Water management in the Middle Ages in Europe, its evolution in the USA, the elaboration of the European Water Framework Directive, the British experience of water management, the over-exploitation of African aquifers, and the evolution of the water situation in Southern Africa are all examined. This volume underlines the fact that only an integrative and interdisciplinary understanding can lead to genuinely improved water management practices that will not benefit some social groups at the expense of others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
| Dewey: 333.91 |
| LCCN: 2004019148 |
| Series: Linacre Lectures |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.48" W x 9.28" (0.97 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A multi-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of water politics and policy by an international team of distinguished experts. Water management in the Middle Ages in Europe, its evolution in the USA, the elaboration of the European Water Framework Directive, the British experience of water management, the over-exploitation of African aquifers, and the evolution of the water situation in Southern Africa are all examined. This volume underlines the fact that only an integrative and interdisciplinary understanding can lead to genuinely improved water management practices that will not benefit some social groups at the expense of others. |