integrated water resources management in practice

Description: integrated water resources management in practice - Roberto Lenton & Mike Muller. Condition is "Like New". Shipped with USPS Media Mail. First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2009 Copyright Global Water Partnership 2009 All rights reserved ISBN: 978-1-84407-649-9Hardback 978-1-84407-650-5 Paperback Typeset by 4word Ltd, Bristol Cover design by Ruth Bateson Cover images: industrial image © JorgHochscherf/Fotolia.com; cup of clean water © Claudia Dewald/ iStockPhoto.com;Komati River, South Africa Mike Muller 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012, USA Earthscan publishes in association with the InternationalInstitute for Environment and Development A catalogue record for this book is available from theBritish Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Integrated water resources management in practice: betterwater management for development / edited by Roberto Lenton and Mike Muller.p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84407-649-9 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-84407-650-5(pbk.) 1. Water supply—Management. 2. Water resources development.3. Sustainable development. I. Lenton, R. L. II. Muller, Mike. TD345.I538 2009 363.6'1—dc22 2008041791 At Earthscan we strive to minimize our environmental impactsand carbon footprint through reducing waste, recycling and offsetting our CO2 emissions, including thosecreated through publication of this book. For more details of our environmentalpolicy, see www.earthscan.co.uk The book was printed in the UK by MPG Books Ltd, an ISO14001 accredited company. The paper used is FSC-certified and the inks arevegetable based. FSC Mixed Sources Product group from well-managed forests andother controlled sources www.fsc.org Cert no. SA-COC-1565 © 1996 Forest Stewardship Council Review'This book is a must-read for students, scholars, and practitioners of sustainable development. ... It is much more than an excellent text on water management. The book illustrates the power, and challenges, of systems thinking in combining economic, social, and environmental objectives. ... The result is a superb description and analysis of the complex challenges, and pathways to success, of societies as they grapple with the overarching 21st-century task of sustainable development.' - Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 'This enormously valuable book addresses the needs of the practitioner, whether they work at village level or on reforms at national level and beyond. It is an invaluable asset to those who want to improve water security and meet the Millennium Development Goals. I highly recommend it.' - Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt and former Vice-President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development at the World Bank. 'The rich contents of this book offer a realistic examination of the practical side of IWRM through presenting reliable facts and interesting case studies accompanied by illustrative figures and in-depth analysis... It can be recommended to all water professionals that seek to find solutions in improving water management to achieve sustainable social, economic and environmental development.' - Natural Resources Forum, a United Nations Sustainable Development Journal. 'The writing style is lucid and captivating the focus on real world examples rather than theoretical constructs captivate the inquisitive mind, making it difficult to put the book down.' '[Integrated Water Resources Management in Practice is a] well conceived and meticulously researched book.' - Journal of the American Water Resources Association.About the AuthorRoberto Lenton is Chair of the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership. He is former Director of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Division of the UNDP in New York and Director General of the International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka. Mike Muller was Director General of South Africa's Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and is currently visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand's Graduate School of Public and Development Management. Chapter contributors include a number of other practitioners, such as Humberto Pena who led Chile's sector reforms and Akissa Bahri, currently director of IWMI in Africa, as well as experts from NGOs or with professional and academic backgrounds, including Peter Rogers from Harvard University and Judith Rees of the London School of Economics.Product detailsPublisher : Routledge; 1st edition (March 10, 2009)Language: : EnglishPaperback : 248 pagesISBN-10 : 1844076504ISBN-13 : 978-1844076505

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