Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

✍ Scribed by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 176
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book pursues a comprehensive approach so as to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of climate change on sustainable development, focusing on the perspective of water. Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues and will become increasingly important in the decades to come, as societies will feel its pervasive impacts in many aspects of their lives. Given that the majority of these climate change impacts will be felt through the medium of water, the book explores the interrelationships and inter-linkages between water, climate change and sustainable development.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: An Introduction....Pages 1-5
Climate Change, Resource Efficiency and Sustainability....Pages 7-26
Water Resources Management and Adaptation to Climate Change....Pages 27-40
Adapting to Climate Variability and Change in India....Pages 41-63
Downstream Implications of Climate Change in the Himalayas....Pages 65-82
Economic Growth and Climate Proofing Asia Through Sustainable Water Resources Management....Pages 83-105
Business Case for Water....Pages 107-121
Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: An Industry Example....Pages 123-136
Journey of Sustainable Development by Private Sector Actors....Pages 137-153
Will Rivers Become a Cause of Conflict, Rather Than Co-operation, in South Asia?....Pages 155-162
Back Matter....Pages 163-168

✦ Subjects

Sustainable Development; Hydrology/Water Resources; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Water Industry/Water Technologies; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management